Anne Marie Oberle, Executive Medical Science Liaison Thoracic Oncology at Astrazeneca, shared on LinkedIn:
“November has always been meaningful to me as Lung Cancer Awareness Month. This year, with Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month sharing that same spotlight, it feels much more personal.
For more than 25 years, oncology has been at the center of my professional life.
I spent the first half of my career in clinical practice, caring directly for patients and families.
The second half has been focused specifically on lung cancer in Medical Affairs at AstraZeneca, with a commitment to advancing science, supporting scientific exchange, and ultimately helping improve outcomes for patients.
Throughout that journey, I’ve witnessed how science can change what is possible for people facing cancer.
This year, that science feels much more personal.
My dad is navigating pancreatic cancer, and I now find myself experiencing this journey not only as an oncology professional, but as a daughter and family member walking alongside someone I love.
It has given new meaning to the things I have spent my career advocating for: awareness, appropriate screening and earlier detection, clinical research, innovation, and continuing to push the science forward.
During this awareness month, I’m especially grateful for everyone fighting this fight: the patients, families, caregivers, clinicians, researchers, advocates, and so many others who dedicate themselves to changing what a cancer diagnosis can mean.
I feel particular gratitude for the patients (and families) who choose to participate in clinical trials.
Their courage and willingness to contribute to research, helps advance the science for people they may never meet and for generations of patients who come after them.
My dad’s journey has renewed my sense of purpose and deepened a passion that has guided me for more than two decades.
The science has always mattered to me.
The patients have always been the reason. Today, both feel more personal than ever.
I’ll always be his little girl.”
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