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Jeff Yang MD FACS

@ChiFuJeffYang

Thoracic surgeon & cancer researcher @MGHSurgery | Advocate for early detection of lung cancer @amlungcsi

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Yesterday, our team and MassGeneral Medicine advisor Dr. Keyes spoke about at the Fathers United, Never Divided Men's Brunch!! Our team was moved by each of the inspirational speakers and honored to spread the word about ❤️

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Our UT Austin chapter hosted an event with the Bridging Discipline Program! The team led a presentation on & engaged in discussions about awareness and screening practices, while also crafting cards for lung cancer patients 🤍 Great work!⭐️

Our @UTAustin chapter hosted an event with the Bridging Discipline Program! The team led a presentation on #lungcancer & engaged in discussions about #lungcancerawareness and screening practices, while also crafting cards for lung cancer patients 🤍 Great work!⭐️
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10-year OS after lobectomy among pts w/pathologic stage IA NSCLC in the NLST was 58%. was the #1 cause of death accounting for >55% of all deaths. The 10-year cumulative incidence of lung cancer death after lobectomy was 22.5%. Read more👇

#EditorsChoice 10-year OS after lobectomy among pts w/pathologic stage IA NSCLC in the NLST was 58%. #LungCancer was the #1 cause of death accounting for >55% of all deaths. The 10-year cumulative incidence of lung cancer death after lobectomy was 22.5%. Read more👇
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On Saturday, our team shared resources at the inaugural City of Medford Health and Wellness Fair!! We had an incredible time meeting community partners and raising awareness!!

On Saturday, our #Boston team shared #lungcancer #screening resources at the inaugural @CityofMedford Health and Wellness Fair!! We had an incredible time meeting community partners and raising #lungcancerawareness!!
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Yesterday, our team joined Efrén J. Flores, MD and Mass General Cancer Center at the La Colaborativa Health Fair!! Thank you Efrén J. Flores, MD for the invite and thank you to all the families who stopped by our table to learn about !! We can’t wait to be back!!

Yesterday, our #Boston team joined @EJFloresMD and @MGHCancerCenter at the La Colaborativa Health Fair!! Thank you @EJFloresMD for the invite and thank you to all the families who stopped by our table to learn about #lungcancerscreening!! We can’t wait to be back!!
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.Alexandra Potter led a study in Journal of Clinical Oncology showing that using smoking duration, instead of pack-years, to determine eligibility is more equitable and greatly increases opportunities for early lung cancer detection.
ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JC…

.@alexandra_p_24 led a study in @JCO_ASCO showing that using smoking duration, instead of pack-years, to determine #lungcancerscreening eligibility is more equitable and greatly increases opportunities for early lung cancer detection. ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JC…
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.Alexandra Potter and Priyanka Senthil just published a study in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery showing that the 10-year OS of pts undergoing lobectomy for stage IA NSCLC was 58%. Nearly 1 in every 4 pts died from during the 10 years after lobectomy.
authors.elsevier.com/c/1io85ovKhFKh

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Our RALCSI team held their annual Lung Cancer Seminar today and had the honor of having Dr. Eric Singhi Eric K. Singhi, MD and lung cancer survivor Jackie Nixon CR3 share their experience living with and treating lung cancer 🤍 Students loved it, what a turnout! 🫁🤩

Our @RiceAmlungcsi team held their annual Lung Cancer Seminar today and had the honor of having Dr. Eric Singhi @esinghimd and lung cancer survivor Jackie Nixon @CitizensRadon share their experience living with and treating lung cancer 🤍 Students loved it, what a turnout! 🫁🤩
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The The University of Chicago team recently went to a local Taco Bell to give a presentation to the Taco Bell employees about and risk factors. The team then tabled at the restaurant and spoke to customers about the INSPIRE study!

The @UChicago team recently went to a local Taco Bell to give a presentation to the Taco Bell employees about #lungcancerscreening and risk factors. The team then tabled at the restaurant and spoke to customers about the INSPIRE study! #screeningsaveslives
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Check out our University of Arkansas FIRST !!!🤩 Thank you to everyone who came out to make some ribbons for patients & survivors! We are especially loving the personal messages of support written by the students on the ribbons🤍 awareness

Check out our @UArkansas FIRST #WhiteRibbonBuild !!!🤩 Thank you to everyone who came out to make some ribbons for #lungcancer patients & survivors! We are especially loving the personal messages of support written by the students on the ribbons🤍 #lungcancerawareness
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Our GW University team had the opportunity to participate in the GO2 Lung Cancer Voices Summit with GO2 for Lung Cancer, survivors, and advocates to prepare for meetings on Capitol Hill! What an incredible day of ! We are so proud of our team!!!⭐️

Our @GWtweets team had the opportunity to participate in the GO2 Lung Cancer Voices Summit with @GO2forLungCancr, #lungcancer survivors, and advocates to prepare for meetings on Capitol Hill! What an incredible day of #advocacy! We are so proud of our team!!!⭐️
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📢 We are excited to share ALCSI's 2023 Annual Report! A heartfelt THANK YOU to our dedicated advisors and passionate advocates who have continuously supported and inspired our team. We look forward to what we will achieve together in 2024! 🤍
alcsi.org/annualreport

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This week our GWU_ALCSI team collaborated with GW Cancer Center to raise awareness about ⭐️
Our team set up tabling events in the Giant and Safeway grocery stores and had a great time raising about the importance of in their community!

This week our @ALCSI_GWU team collaborated with @GWCancer to raise awareness about #cancerscreening⭐️ Our team set up tabling events in the Giant and Safeway grocery stores and had a great time raising #awareness about the importance of #earlydetection in their community!
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Congratulations to our American Lung Cancer Screening Initiative UPR for hosting their FIRST event! 🥳 They tabled at their Student Center & talked to people about in the Latino community! They also shared some screening resources & recruited a couple more members to their team! Amazing work!

Congratulations to our @alcsiupr for hosting their FIRST event! 🥳 They tabled at their Student Center & talked to people about #lungcancer in the Latino community! They also shared some #lungcancerscreening resources & recruited a couple more members to their team! Amazing work!
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Last week, our Boston team shared resources at the American Red Cross Food Pantry. We were moved by the stories shared by many families affected by lung cancer and will be back soon to continue spreading the word about !!

Last week, our Boston team shared #lungcancer #screening resources at the @RedCross Food Pantry. We were moved by the stories shared by many families affected by lung cancer and will be back soon to continue spreading the word about #earlydetection!!
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Our The University of Chicago chapter tabled at the Hyde Park Food Pantry and the Centro Communitario Juan Diego Food Pantry to teach community members about ! The team spoke to folks waiting in line about , , and lung cancer screening eligibility!

Our @UChicago chapter tabled at the Hyde Park Food Pantry and the Centro Communitario Juan Diego Food Pantry to teach community members about #earlydetection! The team spoke to folks waiting in line about #lungcancer, #riskfactors, and lung cancer screening eligibility!
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Our awesome CU Boulder 🦬 chapter held a recruiting event at their “Be Involved Fair!” Over 25 students signed up to join the team and the chapter met some other health advocacy organizations to collaborate with! Check out these amazing pictures from the event🤩

Our awesome @CUBoulder chapter held a recruiting event at their “Be Involved Fair!” Over 25 students signed up to join the team and the chapter met some other health advocacy organizations to collaborate with! Check out these amazing pictures from the event🤩#lungcancerawareness
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Today, Deepti Srinivasan represented Mass General Surgery at the clinical science session of Harvard Surgery Research Day. She presented on : under the USPSTF guidelines, only 57% of SCCS pts undergoing surgery & 59% of stage IV pts would’ve been eligible for screening.

Today, @DeeptiSrini represented @MGHSurgery at the clinical science session of Harvard Surgery Research Day. She presented on #lungcancerscreening: under the USPSTF guidelines, only 57% of SCCS pts undergoing surgery & 59% of stage IV pts would’ve been eligible for screening.
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