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🫁💡Patients with #YoungLungCancer are a distinct subgroup. In a cohort of young NSCLC  patients <50 years, two-thirds of patients presented at advanced clinical stage (67% at Stage IV).

🫁💡🔗: Hughes et al
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

Remember, pepper spray is oil based. If you get sprayed DO NOT rub your eyes. Immediately blink as much as you can to wash out some of the oil with your own tears. Then, wash your eyes with baby shampoo or dilute dishwashing soap and rinse copiously. Water alone won't do much.

Wow dream team 🤩

🗒️Take the IASLC #DEI Survey today‼️

🗒️The IASLC is on a mission to understand #diversity , #equity & #inclusion in the global thoracic oncology committee. It'd take only 5 mins⏲️
👇👇👇
🔗: iaslc.org/support-missio…

#LCSM #DEI #IASLC

Duke University announced it is ending a full-ride scholarship program for Black students in the wake of the Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling

dukechronicle.com/article/2024/0…

🚨New #FlorezLab Publication Alert‼️

🚨Excited to share our paper on #Precision Immuno-Oncology in #NSCLC through Gender Equity Lenses; led by Jennifer Marks, MD & Arthi Sridhar, and published in MDPI.

Article Link: mdpi.com/2072-6694/16/7…

What they don't tell you in med school:

The medicine is the easy part.

Navigating the range of human emotions and personalities is much more challenging.

➡️DIVERSITY should be addressed early in development

➡️Diversity Plans (DPs) MUST be developed by sponsors to inform oncology clinical trial framework

Very nice discussion of DPs w/ FDA Oncology & multiple stakeholders at #AACR24 AACR Love always hearing patient perspectives

DONT THROW AWAY YOUR ECLIPSE GLASSES‼️

stick your glasses in an evelope & mail to the address below so that kids in Latin America can use them Oct 2, to watch the South American Eclipse

Eclipse Glasses USA, LLC
PO Box 50571
Provo, UT 84605

📍Did you know that young patients with #lungcancer face 📈challenges from delayed diagnosis to ⬇️ treatment options, fertility concerns, and career disruption❓

📍Young Lung Cancer Initiative is at the forefront of advocacy. Visit ylci.org 🤝🤝!

#AYAcancerawareness #LCSM

Oops I did it again 🤭

#TotalSolarEclipse

Happy to present Juka Kim and my poster at #ACC2024 as part of the complex case series - takotsubo cardiomyopathy caused by HLH in a patient with EBV+ DLBCL.
Got to listen to some cool lectures on cardio-onc, health disparities in CV, and try out VR about implicit bias!

⚡️Dr. Coral Olazagasti Coral Olazagasti, MD is working hard to close the diversity gap in lung cancer screening in the Hispanic population👏👏👏.

⚡️Read about her phenomenal work in this post by LUNGevity Foundation ⏬
lungevity.org/blogs/working-…

Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center gilberto lopes Narjust Florez, MD, FASCO

#LCSM

The Florida Supreme Court has upheld the 15-week abortion ban. This means the 6-week ban will take effect in 30 days.

ineedana.com is up to date

What we know about the six construction workers who fell to their death from Francis Scott Key Bridge:

They were 'hard-working, humble' men, dedicated to their spouses, children and families in their homelands in Latin America.

For The Baltimore Banner : thebaltimorebanner.com/community/tran…

Always an inspiration working with Narjust Florez, MD, FASCO, glad she’s being recognized for being a star!!

So proud!!

Very excited to be joining StanfordMedRes for residency! Thank you to my family, friends, and mentors, especially Rushi Parikh, Boback Ziaeian 🤦🏻‍♂️, and Murray Kwon, MD, MBA, for your unwavering support throughout this journey! #match2024 David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Did y’all know there is an IMG-consulting firm selling IM and FM residency positions for $150-200K?

This is not okay. Any residency position should be paid.

Bryan Carmody new blog post on Winners/Losers of #Match2024 #MatchDay2024 is out. Please read.

thesheriffofsodium.com/2024/03/15/mat…

We need your insights for our survey on adherence to ASCO guidelines for integrating #PallCare into standard oncology practices

📢 Calling all experts in oncology care from developing countries: redcap.oncoclinicas.com.br/surveys/?s=H8H…