🎉 Happy Birthday to Dr. Cindy Pabon! 🎉 The Florez Lab is so lucky to have your brilliance, heart, and dedication as part of our team. Your passion for equity in medicine and commitment to our patients continues to inspire us every day.

So grateful to be part of the inaugural Faces of Faith event at the Lawrence Senior Center! An inspiring event filled with stories, connection, and shared strength. We were honored to participate and have such an amazing turnout.

Our @florezlab.bsky.social ASCO lineup for tomorrow is #amazing!!!

🎉 Big day for the Florez Lab Fam fam! 🎉 Our very own Dr. Kelly Meza is reppin’ at ASCO and was named a ConquerCancer Foundation Annual Meeting Award Recipient! 💥🏅 f you see her at #ASCO25, don’t just walk—RUN over and give her a high five 🙌. Let’s go, Dr. Meza!! 💙✨

🎉 ASCO is HERE! 🎉 Get ready for fun conference content—Florez Lab is coming for you, Chicago! 💥 We’re kicking off #ASCO2025 with energy, purpose, and a whole lot of passion. Fueled by science, community, and coffee.... Don’t Stop Us Now @ASCO Let’s do this. 🔬✨

🧠💬 Quick Question for Women’s Health Month If you could tell healthcare providers just one thing about caring for women—what would it be? Maybe it’s about listening more. Maybe it’s about believing symptoms. Maybe it’s about bias, pain, or prevention.

🌟 Vote for Dr. Narjust Florez 🌟 Tick tok everyone, time is almost running out so cast your votes now for @narjustflorezmd.bsky.social to join the @iaslc.bsky.social Board of Directors.

✨ It’s so shiny we can’t stop staring or taking📸👀🌟 @narjustflorezmd.bsky.social Rising Star Women Leader in Healthcare Award just arrived and it’s giving serious disco ball energy 💃🏽💫 (just like her plant hehe✨)

We're proud to support Dr. Narjust Florez for the IASLC Board Undesignated Seat #4! 🗳️💙💛 Dr. Florez's voice belongs on the board. Your vote can help get her there. ✅ If you're an IASLC member, check your inbox and VOTE before the deadline! 📆 Deadline: May 22 📣 Let’s make this happen.

During Women’s Health Month, we’re asking: 👉 “What changes do you want to see in lung cancer care for women?”

Happy Women’s Health Month everyone! This month especially we want to take the opportunity to keep spotlighting women in our community! This week we have a very special message from lunglifebalance!

🗳️ Why your vote for the @iaslc.bsky.social C Board of Directors matters? This is your very fancy invitation! ✅ Ensure diverse leadership that reflects the global lung cancer community ✅ Support innovation in the realm of #thoraciconc ✅ Help guide priorities in education, advocacy, and research

🎉 Young Adult Program (YAP) – May & June 2025 Events & Resources 🎉 For young adult patients at Dana-Farber 💜 🧘 The No-Gym Exercise Program 📅 Wed, May 14 | 🕛 12:00–12:45 PM | 💻 Virtual 💪 Learn strength training at home — no equipment needed!

New findings from #AACR25 reveal that female survivors are significantly more likely to experience cancer-related fatigue and depression than male survivors. 🧠 Depression: 58% more likely 💤 Fatigue: 69% more likely 🏃‍♀️ Both linked to decreased recreational activity

🎙 Together, Separately: Lung Cancer & Women Join @narjustflorezmd.bsky.social & Dr. Preeshagul in an important conversation on lung cancer and women’s health. 🗓 May 14 🕓 4 PM – 5:00 PM (ET) 📍 Don’t miss this powerful dialogue on disparities, advocacy, and change. #HearHer lcrf.org/together

Dr. @NarjustFlorezMD is the leader we need on the IASLC Board. Visionary. Inclusive. Fearless. Need more reasons to vote for Dr. Florez? ✔️ She has a vision ✔️ She takes action ✔️ She has a track record of impact Let’s bring her voice to the IASLC Board!!! Open to see video in all its glory :)

🚨 $1 REGISTRATION ALERT! 🚨 In honor of Dana-Farber and the Jimmy Fund’s Giving Day, we’re offering $1 registration for a limited time only! Now through midnight on Wednesday, May 21, use the code GIVE29 (in-person) or GIVE9 (virtual) to sign up for the Jimmy Fund Walk 💙💛 @narjustflorezmd.bsky.social

New article alert!!!! @healthcentral.bsky.social Making Cancer Clinical Trials Work for Everyone, featuring commentary from @narjustflorezmd.bsky.social

🌸 Happy Women’s Health Month from the @Florez_Lab At the Florez Lab, we know that supporting women’s health means truly listening. Too often, women’s symptoms are overlooked or dismissed, leading to delays in diagnosis and care.

🩸 We know, we cannot stop talking about the EQUAL study — the assay this, the blood test that... but you might be wondering: How does this blood test actually work? 👇Find out! (And trust us, it's so cool) #LungCancerResearch #BloodTestBreakdown #EQUALStudy #ctDNA #CancerCare

Let this bop and endorsements be all you need to vote for @NarjustFlorezMD for the IASLC Board 2025 !!!

Help us shape the future of lung cancer screening. 📍 Live in Massachusetts or New England? Join our EQUAL Study where we're working to understand how a blood-based test can support early detection and make screening more accessible.

This May, for Women’s Health Month, the Florez Lab is amplifying your voices. We’re creating a video series featuring real stories from women, patients, survivors, caregivers, families and advocates who want to share their experiences. Some ideas include:

Our EQUAL study is open for enrollment! More in this video! @florezlab.bsky.social @latinasinmed.bsky.social

Check out our friends @oncogenecancer.bsky.social on their new Youtube account! Keeping it tech savvy! youtube.com/@oncogenecan...

Hope to see you at the @danafarber.bsky.social Young Adult Cancer Conference this Saturday!

Registration is required. Use the link below! Check it out :) redcap.partners.org/redcap/surve...

📢Why is cancer on the rise in young women? @danafarber.bsky.social dives into this urgent topic, Rising rates of melanoma, breast, uterine, pancreatic, and lung cancer in women under 65 have been observed. 🚨 Plus, young onset colorectal cancer is increasing in both women and men.

Exciting news! @curetoday.bsky.social is hosting an incredible Young-Onset Lung Cancer Summit 🎉 Chaired by the amazing @lungoncdoc.bsky.social, this is a must-attend event for anyone looking to learn more about @younglungcancer.bsky.social!

Happy Birthday, Dr. Bergerot!🎉🎂 We at the Florez Lab wish you a fantastic day filled with joy, health, and success. Your dedication and passion inspire us all, and we hope you take a well-deserved moment to celebrate. Wishing you a wonderful year ahead! Your Florez Lab Friends 💙

🌟 Friendly Friday! 🌟 Walking for a cause is always better with friends! 💙👟 Tag someone you’d love to see join the Young Lung Cancer (YLC) team for the 2025 Jimmy Fund Walk and make a difference together.

A special shout out today! Happy Birthday, Dr. Natasha Dhawan ! 🎉🎂 Your commitment to compassionate cancer care, integrating palliative approaches makes such a difference for your patients. The way you lead with both expertise and heart is truly inspiring.

While the @florezlab.bsky.social is not on LinkedIn, many of our amazing members are and we love celebrating each other! 🎉

💡 Did you know? Some companies match your donations! 💡 Many employers offer donation matching programs meaning your contribution to a cause you care about could have double the impact! 🌟

🔍 New Research Article Alert! 📢 Going Back Home: Understanding the Challenges and Discrimination of Early and Mid-Career International and Puerto Rican Medical Graduates in Oncology Fields in the United States has been #published.

We are killing it here at the Florez Lab with all these Healio Disruptive Innovators Awards 2025 nominations!!!🔥 Place your votes in ASAP as the survey closes April 1st. ⏰. #Healioinnovator25.

Stocked up and ready to get back to packing up more #HearHer orders #HearHerHustle #ReadySetPack @younglungcancer.bsky.social @narjustflorezmd.bsky.social

🫁✨ Special Edition: Lung Cancer Living Room IN BOSTON ✨🫁 Find hope, knowledge, direction, and connection through meaningful conversations with healthcare experts, lung cancer patients, and caregivers. 💙 This Special Edition of Lung Cancer Living Room is run by @go2forlungcancer.bsky.social

This flyer is on 🔥just like our powerhouse panel of faculty! 🚀 Time is ticking ⏳only 2 weeks left to apply! Don’t miss your chance to join the @onclive.bsky.social National Fellows Forum #2025 for top-tier networking with peers and leading #experts in the field.

Our own Florez Lab member Dr. Kelly Meza is nominated as a contender for the @gohealio.bsky.social NextGen Disruptor! This category aims to recognize an up-and-coming physician who is disrupting the status quo through new techniques, thoughts, questioning methods or breakthrough research.

Everyone! You should check out what Dana Farber's Young Adult Programis hosting. Join this special event designed for young adult patients (ages 18 to early 40s) with any type of cancer or blood disorder, as well as their caregivers. Enjoy workshops, insightful panels, and meaningful connections.

A beautiful card to get on a Friday here at @florezlab.bsky.social . We are so happy to hear from all of you and thank you so much for everyone's kind words and enthusiastic support for #HearHer. 🤍🦋 #HearHer is so special to us and we are grateful that it is special for you a well!

Look what just arrived! 📬🎉 Our copy of the Boston Business Journal is here, and guess who’s front and center in the Up Front section? 👀✨

It's a special day here at the Florez Lab as we wish Courtney Mantz a very happy birthday today!!!! 🎉 We’re so grateful to have Courtney as part of our team in the Florez Lab, leading the charge in our ctDNA program AND our up-and-coming Young Lung Cancer program here at Dana Farber.

Following in the footsteps of our amazing leader @narjustflorezmd.bsky.social , we’re excited to take a deeper dive into our recent #YLC publication: "Understanding Young Lung Cancer – The Time Is Now!" 🔍💡 Its time for our favorite #threadtime @younglungcancer.bsky.social

With everything we accomplish: every step we take, every study we publish, every dollar we raise—it all happens because of this incredible #YLC and #LungCancer community. Your support, stories, and advocacy fuel our mission.

Another milestone we hit was at Jimmy Fund Walk 2024—our FIRST year, where we took home the #RookieOfTheYear award! 🏆🔥 Over $23K raised for #YoungLungCancer patients—because every step we take fuels support, research, and awareness. And guess what? We’re coming back in 2025 for ANOTHER WIN! 👟💙💛

At the Florez Lab, we don’t just study YLC—we make sure the world hears about it. Through academic papers, media articles, conference interviews, and social media, we are constantly pushing to make @younglungcancer.bsky.social known. 📢

Going down memory lane we are starting strong with our studies! 🔬💥 We’ve got tons of research going on, but on this special day we have to give a shoutout to our #YLC studies

Get ready for the first-ever #TTLC25 discussion on the demographics of lung cancer, with a special focus on young adults. 💬 Let’s take a trip down #history and see how far we’ve come. 🔙 #LungCancerAwareness #YoungAdults #MedicalMilestones