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Karen Scherr

Assistant Professor in Family Medicine and Community Health
Family Medicine and Community Health, Family Medicine
2100 Erwin Rd, Marshall L. Pickens Building, Durham, NC 27705

Scholarly Works - Conferences


Risk tolerance and attitudes toward chemotherapy: Who chooses palliative treatment when cure is possible?

Conference Journal of Clinical Oncology · May 20, 2017 10054 Background: Many patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) face a difficult choice about whether to receive palliative chemotherapy or high-dose, potentially-curative chemotherapy that poses a risk of early death. How peop ... Full text Cite

Who chooses palliative chemotherapy when a cure is possible? Results of a risk tolerance survey of laypersons.

Conference Journal of Clinical Oncology · October 9, 2016 35 Background: Many patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) face a difficult choice about whether to receive palliative chemotherapy or high-dose, potentially-curative chemotherapy that poses a risk of early death. How people ... Full text Cite