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The #LatinasInMedicine store is now OPEN! 🎉💃 T-shirts, water bottles, fanny packs, totes, AND MORE available at latinasinmedicine.myspreadsh… Be sure to tag @LatinasInMed when your items arrive, so we can see you celebrating for #LatinxHeritageMonth!
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#TumorBoardTuesday 🫁 Early-stage #NSCLC is no longer just surgery ➕ chemo: Molecular testing now shapes curative-intent Tx decisions 🧬 📢Join us Tuesday, 05-05-26 at 8PM ET as @NarjustFlorezMD & @NehemiasGuevar5 🗣️EGFR+ Early #NSCLC RT and bring others into the discussion‼️
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#TumorBoardTuesday In the NeoADAURA phase 3 trial, patients with resectable EGFR-mutated stage II-IIIB NSCLC were randomized to osi 80 mg daily for 9+ weeks plus pt-based chemo vs chemo alone Pt-based chemo was given Q3W x 3 cycles. Following surgery, adjuvant osi was offered Design
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@ASCO 🗳️Election going on now. I will be voting for fellow 🇵🇷thoracic oncologist @AnaVManana @UCSF ( one of the youngest FASCO recipients) for the Nominanting Committee for all her work and dedication to make the organization and care for cancer patients better via advocacy. @LatinasInMed
Voting for the @ASCO Election is now open! I am honored to be running as one of the candidates for the Nominating Committee seat. Visit asco.org/election to learn more about the candidates and place your vote! Thank you! 🙏
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🗳️ ASCO Members — voting is open! We proudly support @AnaVManana for ASCO Nominating Committee (Undesignated Member, 3-year term). A valued member of Florez Lab, she’s a passionate Thoracic Oncologist advancing patient care & equity. 👉 Cast your vote today! #ASCOElection
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The future of ALK+ #lungcancer is one of precision, not prognosis. Dr @NarjustFlorezMD reminds us that next-generation treatments and smarter trials are redefining long-term survival and giving patients more time. Let's keep that moving together. #MoreResearchMoreTime #LCAM25
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Are you an oncology attending—anywhere in the world? 🌍 Join The Hidden Struggle Study exploring anxiety, depression & burnout among oncology physicians. 🧠 Fill a short survey & make your voice count. DM or email [email protected] for the form. #PhysicianWellbeing
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This is for young oncologists across LATAM! 🌎 
Share your experiences and insights in this regional survey on the needs and challenges of young oncologists in Latin America. 🗳️ Take the survey
👉 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F… #Oncología #LATAMOncology
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First Board Meeting! (Thanks to many of you) Let’s do this! 💪🏽 #WCLC25
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@IASLC WCLC then (2019) vs now (2025) with @NarjustFlorezMD From our first meeting to a mentee/mentor relationship, manuscripts, grants, orals, and best of all friendship We have come full circle 🫶🏽 @Florez_Lab
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No pictures this year but still the same pair Lung Cancer Considered the Official @IASLC podcast with @StephenVLiu @IASLC #WCLC25
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✅Day1 of @IASLC #WCLC25 with a lot of new data to come out tomorrow morning at the Presidential Symposium on mgmt of Biomarker-driven lung cancer🫁: 🎯#FLAURA2 OS of Osimertinib +chemo in 1L EGFR 🎯#ACROSS2 Aumolertinib +chemo in 1L EGFR 🎯#HARMONI Ivonescimab + chemo post EGFR TKI 🎯#ARROS-1 Zidesamtinib post ROS1 TKI 🎯#ALCHEMIST Adjuvant Crizotinib for ALK+ 🫁 @EGFRResisters @ALKPositiveinc @ros1cancer
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🎥 @NarjustFlorezMD previews our poster The Journey to a Lung Cancer Diagnosis: Reports From the LEAD Study. Watch the video & join us on Tuesday to see Poster No. 1480! 📅 Sept 9, 2025 | 🕙 10:00 AM | 📍 Exhibit Hall #WCLC25 #IASLC #LCSM
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🎥 Dr. Narjust Florez previews our poster First Assessment of IASLC Inclusive Practices and Challenges: Results From the DEI Survey. 👉 Watch the video & join us tomorrow to see Poster No. 2599! 📅 Sept 8, 2025 | 🕑 2:39 PM | 📍Exhibit Hall #WCLC25 #IASLC #DEI
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🎥 Watch Dr. Narjust Florez break down our poster: Young Lung Cancer – The Psychosocial Needs Assessment. 👉 Learn more in the video & join us tomorrow to see Poster No. 1630! 📅 Sept 8, 2025 | 🕑 2:23 PM | 📍 Exhibit Hall #WCLC25 #IASLC #LCSM
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Six years ago I had one of the best medical conference experiences meeting amazing @LatinasInMed @NarjustFlorezMD @AnaVManana @COlazagasti @IASLC #WCLC19 and blessed to be back here in Barcelona for #WCLC25 to celebrate this friendship and hermandad. @IASLC
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‼️Exciting- #WCLC25 Florez Lab is proud to share that we have 3 posters at WCLC 2025 🎉 From young lung cancer & psychosocial needs, to advancing DEI in oncology, to the patient journey through diagnosis, our team is bringing important science to the global stage. Stay tuned!
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🚨 Poster 1630🚨 Sneak peek at our first #WCLC25 poster: Psychosocial Needs in Younger Patients With 🫁 Cancer Sept 8 | 2:23 PM | Exhibit Hall Younger patients face more job concerns (42% vs 20%), financial hardship (49% vs 21%), & higher anxiety/fear of dying. #Oncology
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Buenos Días ⁦@IASLC⁩ #WCLC25 Barcelona🇪🇸
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@NarjustFlorezMD takes the stage at the Early Career Investigator Workshop #WCLC25 with a powerful presentation 🔹 What matters to you? Is it being in a podium or doing something that impacts hundreds of people? 💥 🔹 Define your niche 🔹Find strong mentors and sponsors
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