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Discussion

There is need to support treatment decision-making between older adults with AML, their caregivers, and oncologists. Both inadequate patient disease-specific knowledge and clinician awareness of patient preferences present barriers to patient-centered communication. Several interventions have been developed to address this for patients with hematologic malignancies [[12],[13],[14]]. However, existing tools do not capture aging-related conditions, perception of prognosis, or personal values