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Cancer Conversations

Documentary-style videos to inspire & inform

Watch as our GP Lead, Dr Rebecca Leon, meets clinicians working on cutting-edge cancer initiatives and investigations from proton beam therapy to genetics, as well as people affected by treatments. This series shares real stories and looks into some of the most pressing topics in cancer care.

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This episode follows Dr Rebecca Leon as she investigates age as a health inequality and a new service, introduced in Manchester, that is aiming to support older people with cancer and multiple comorbidities to achieve better outcomes.

Speakers

Dr Cassandra Ng, Consultant Geriatrician

Dr Fabio Gomes, Director of Senior Adult Oncology

Mandy Stamp, patient

Key questions covered include:

  • What are the considerations when managing elderly patients with cancer?
  • How can primary care support patients referred into secondary/tertiary care?
  • What is the new Senior Adult Oncology service and why was it implemented?
  • How can primary care be more involved?

Meet Rebecca

Dr. Rebecca Leon is a GP partner in East Cheshire with a special interest in primary care oncology, palliative care, and women’s health. She is GP lead educator at The Christie School of Oncology and GatewayC, and specialist doctor at Francis House Children’s Hospice.

“In this series, I investigate how front line primary care can support people affected by cancer, how to improve relationships between primary and secondary care, and most importantly, how to maintain a patient centred approach.”

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