A cancer diagnosis can flip family roles overnight. Adult children suddenly become researchers, advocates, and logistical quarterbacks. In our latest webinar, Dr. Jason Sager shared the frameworks he uses to help families move from panic to purposeful action. Below is a condensed recap you can read in ten minutes.
Older adults often see the oncologist as the single authority, while younger family members are used to crowdsourcing information. Dr. Sager recommends an intentional pause right after diagnosis to:
“Not every treatment has to be a home‑run swing,” Dr. Sager noted. For many parents, metronomic dosing—continuously low‑dose therapy—can halt tumor growth with minimal side‑effects, extending meaningful time without sacrificing well‑being.
Zoom family meetings set objectives, assign roles (records wrangler, insurance navigator, appointment scribe), and keep everyone aligned. Even tech‑averse parents can listen in by speakerphone.
Problem: Aggressive leukemia with poor prognosis.
Solution: Clinical trial combining a BTK inhibitor, Venetoclax & Obinutuzumab at Rutgers.
Result: Bone‑marrow tests now show zero residual disease; patient off therapy and thriving.
Steps and why they matter
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