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Narjust Florez: It’s time to pay attention to lung cancer in women!
Nov 6, 2023, 17:54

Narjust Florez: It’s time to pay attention to lung cancer in women!

Narjust Florez shared on Twitter:

“Lung cancer claims the lives of more women in the U.S. than breast, ovarian, and cervical cancer COMBINED.

It’s time to pay attention to lung cancer in women! ”

Narjust Florez: It’s time to pay attention to lung cancer in women!

Source: Narjust Florez/Twitter and ACS Journal Cancer/Twitter

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.