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Carmen Calfa: Let’s keep our fingers on the pulse – QOL and PROs matter!

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May 7, 2024, 13:00

Carmen Calfa: Let’s keep our fingers on the pulse – QOL and PROs matter!

Carmen Calfa, Medical Director of Clinical Operations and Breast Oncologist at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Centre, shared a post by Estela Rodriguez, on X:

“Precision medicine in survivorship. Let’s keep our fingers on the pulse – QOL and PROs matter! Thank you, Patricia I. Moreno, Frank J Penedo and Sylvester team for all you do!”

Quoting Estela Rodriguez’s post: .

“Patricia I. Moreno discusses role of PROs to assess AEs, improve patient-provider communication, Quality of Life and clinical outcomes with targeted therapies and for Latino populations at the 2nd Biennial Miami Precision Medicine Conference (MPM 2024).”

Carmen Calfa

Source: Carmen Calfa/X and Estela Rodriguez/X

Estela Rodriguez is Associate Director of Community Outreach and Co-Lead of Thoracic Site Disease Group of the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. She is board certified in medical oncology and hematology.

She has a special interest in the early detection of lung cancer and increasing access to clinical trials. Dr. Rodriguez is known to help empower women to take charge of their own healthcare and believes in the power of mentorship.

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