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Florez Focuses on Patient-Centered NSCLC Biomarker Testing Discussions

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Dr Florez discusses ways that she helps patients with lung cancer understand the importance of biomarker testing.

Welcome to OncLive On Air®! I’m your host today, Ashling Wahner.

OncLive On Air is a podcast from OncLive®, which provides oncology professionals with the resources and information they need to provide the best patient care. In both digital and print formats, OncLive covers every angle of oncology practice, from new technology to treatment advances to important regulatory decisions.

In today’s episode, we had the pleasure of speaking with Narjust Florez, MD, about patient-focused lung cancer biomarker testing discussions. Dr Florez is the associate director of the Cancer Care Equity Program at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, as well as a faculty member at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts.

In our exclusive interview, Dr Florez discussed ways that she helps patients with lung cancer understand the importance of biomarker testing, advice for explaining biomarker test results to patients, and how she addresses patient concerns regarding the implications of their biomarker findings.

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