Cancer Complexities: Balancing Your Patient’s Comorbidities With Their Treatments

Learning Objectives:

• Identify at least 4 common comorbidities encountered in patients with cancer entering treatment
• Verbalize how to implement evidence-based treatments based on national guidelines for patients with cancer who have comorbidities
• Differentiate between treatments for comorbidities caused by cancer treatment/cancer and comorbidities with other causes
• Assess when to treat the patient themselves and when to consult a specialist to help with comorbidity treatment