Andrea Stern Ferris
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Twenty year business executive now dedicated to lung cancer advocacy as CEO of LUNGevity Foundation.
Washington, DC
Joined August 2010
Join Monica Popp, a top health policy strategist, and Brandon Leonard, LUNGevity's Senior Director of Government Affairs, on Thursday, February 6, at 3:00 PM ET for an engaging conversation you won't want to miss! Advance registration is required: https://t.co/TiESLnggb6
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I want to send a huge THANK YOU to all the #Eagles fans who have contributed to our @HailBBQ Crew @LUNGevity fundraiser in the fight against lung cancer. Before Championship weekend, we had raised $8.5K. After the now infamous @HardRock Ted video which, for the record, I didn’t
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This is a great story! Way to go @TailgateTed @Commanders and @Eagles fans working together to raise money for Lung Cancer @LUNGevity
I want to send a huge THANK YOU to all the #Eagles fans who have contributed to our @HailBBQ Crew @LUNGevity fundraiser in the fight against lung cancer. Before Championship weekend, we had raised $8.5K. After the now infamous @HardRock Ted video which, for the record, I didn’t
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Lets see if we can raise even more money! Lets go!!
This is a great story! Way to go @TailgateTed @Commanders and @Eagles fans working together to raise money for Lung Cancer @LUNGevity
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LUNGevity is excited to partner with #cancersurvivor, @SeanSwarner, as he takes on #thegreatworldrace - seven consecutive marathons, on each of the continents in the world, spreading the message that #AnyoneWithLungs can get #lungcancer. https://t.co/AcJeIpr6Xn
#LCAM
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Enjoyed putting this presentation together for the @LUNGevity Minority Mentorship and Training Program on How to Assemble an Effective Mentoring Committee or How to Build Your Own Personal Board of Directors. While I look back, I realized how challenging it can be to find
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PLEASE RT: I need help from the #lcsm community @Aetna, pls approve my onc’s 2nd appeal for #selumetinib for the TRIM 24 BRAF fusion that is driving my #lungcancer progression. I have received 2 prior denials What’s the use of #biomarker testing if I can’t get the drug I need🧵
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LBA1 #esmo22 today I will be discussing three lines of evidence supporting causative link between air pollution and lung cancer in the context of a Tumour promoting role independent of DNA mutagenesis pioneered by Allan Balmain @UCSF and Isaac Berenblum @CRUKresearch
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Informed Consent Forms for Lung Cancer Clinical Trials May Be a Barrier to Informed Participation https://t.co/2OLvXyb8V8
#LCSM #LungCancer #clinicaltrials #WCLC22 @IASLC
ascopost.com
Informed consent forms can be overwhelming for patients—they are written at a level that is too high for many patients, possibly impeding true informed consent, according to a report given by...
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A huge thank you to Dr Upal Basu-Roy for his careful attention to words & not using labels. Being defined by your smoking status is dehumanizing & demeaning to who we are as people. Here's a link to @IASLC language guide https://t.co/FlnL660qIV
#LCSM #WCLC22
iaslc.org
The following Language Guide has been developed by members of the IASLC to provide guidelines on best practices with common phrases used during presentations at ...
Our own Dr Basu-Roy is back up at the podium talking about lung cancer in those w/out tobacco exposure: breaking it down by demographics & biology, driving it back that in those w/out exposure lung cancer will discriminate based on where you live & occupational exposure #wclc22
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Our own Dr Basu-Roy is back up at the podium talking about lung cancer in those w/out tobacco exposure: breaking it down by demographics & biology, driving it back that in those w/out exposure lung cancer will discriminate based on where you live & occupational exposure #wclc22
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Patients face new realities (new dx & progression), have to make difficult Rx decisions w/little room for error but struggle w/whether survival is worth risk of side effects & how it will impact their/families life (physical, logistical, psycho/social, financial) #WCLC22 #LCSM
Thanks , Dr. Lavinia Magee @RoyalPapworth for bringing the patient perspectuve. And THANK YOU, @IASLC and #WCLC22 for including this imp topic and dedicating a plenary. And thank you @jillfeldman4 for reminding us tolerability is relative. #LCSM @EGFRResisters
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Article reports on 707 therapeutic entities developed in ~30 countries, classified according to their clinical stage/targets. Interesting trends emerge in immuno/non-immuno-oncology landscape for both #NSCLC & #SCLC. https://t.co/WNkjwRiOKs
@LUNGevity @CancerSciArtist @acmoorephd
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Great to see our new #CancerGrandChallenges teams being celebrated in @Forbes 👇 #cancerresearch #cachexia #childhoodcancer #ecdna #cancerprevention @CR_UK @theNCI
The National Cancer Institute announced that four international research teams had been selected to receive a total of $100 million as part of the Cancer Grand Challenges program.
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The @CancerGrand Challenge teams are definitely creating the future we all want to see for people diagnosed with #cancer. #inspiring!
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@CharlesSwanton chaired brilliant talk from @CancerGrand Challenge global #IMAXT team. Exciting things to come in 3D Tumor Mapping.
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Day 2 of @CancerGrand Summit off to an exciting start with presentation on 3D mapping of #cancer ecosystem.
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Sitting in awe at the @CancerGrand Challenges Summit. A room full of luminaries taking on the toughest challenges of #cancer. Wow! Proud that @LUNGevity is part of the newly funded #CANCAN team addressing cancer #cachexia.
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@KHigginsMD @WinshipAtEmory weaves in valuable pt perspective on Quality of Life, in her discussion of #ASCO22 abstracts on radiotx. @MontessaLee, thank you for reminding us that pt preferences matter! Every doctor needs to have candid discussions w/ pts before starting tx. #LCSM
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⭐️ Nice discussion by @KHigginsMD on optimizing radiotherapy for patients with SCLC. 👉 If we just keep this take home message when coming back to our works next week. #ASCO22 @ASCO #LCSM
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