Narjust Florez: Don’t forget that you are not the one tolerating the drug… it’s our patients

Narjust Florez shared a post on X/Twitter:

”Don’t forget that you are not the one tolerating the drug… it’s our patients. Language matters at ASCO24. Language of respect.”

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Narjust Florez is the Associate Director of the Cancer Care Equity Program and a thoracic medical oncologist at the Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center. She is the principal investigator of the Sexual Health Assessment in Women with Lung Cancer (SHAWL) Study, the largest study to date evaluating sexual dysfunction in women with lung cancer. She received the 2020 Rising Star award by the LEAD National Conference for women in hematology and oncology. In addition, Dr. Florez founded the Florez Lab in 2019. The laboratory focuses on lung cancer, social justice issues in medicine, and medical education.