Article archive / October 1, 2014
Originally published: . Volume 5, No. 14. Source pages: 8.
Supported by an award from the Louisiana Clinical and Translational Science Center, Tulane’s Dr. Michael Hoerger will study the different ways that people cope with cancer. According to Tulane’s news service newwave, Dr. Hoerger will study interventions to help those with terminal cancer find ways to make better choices and to stay informed about treatment and treatment options.
“Deciding whether to continue treatments is a very emotionally burdensome process,” Hoerger says. “Patients may not be fully aware that they are dying and some may pursue aggressive care even if there is no chance that their life will be saved. What we are trying to figure out is how can we reduce the emotional burden of that process,” he told newwave’s, Keith Brannon.
The award is part of the Center’s Roadmap Scholar, a program designed to promote translational research connections and goals.
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