A patient-centered approach to lung cancer care
As a clinician and researcher, Efren Flores, MD, is dedicated to helping everyone, including the most vulnerable populations, prevent and treat lung cancer. In this conversation, Dr. Flores talks about health equity and disparities, the barriers that patients are faced with, and the importance of coordinated care. He also speaks eloquently about the stigma that some lung cancer patients have to deal with and how, \u201cmedical conditions don\u2019t define people. Nobody is defined by cancer.\u201d\n\nEfren Flores, MD, is a radiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital and Instructor in Radiology at Harvard Medical School, where he\u2019s the Officer for Community Health and Equity. He\u2019s also a member of the National Lung Cancer Roundtable, a coalition of leading professional, government and non-governmental organizations working to accelerate the nation's efforts to reduce mortality from lung cancer.\n\n4:30 \u2013 On health equity and health disparities, the critical issue of missed appointments in radiology, and some of the barriers patients have to overcome\n\n11:32 \u2013 What patient outreach looks like in lung cancer\n\n14:42 \u2013 How mental health clinicians could be key to advancing lung cancer screening for a hard-to-reach population\n\n16:53 \u2013 The importance of coordinated patient care \n\n20:34 \u2013 The National Lung Cancer Roundtable and how it can help vulnerable patient populations\n\n25:20 \u2013 What he wishes people knew about lung cancer\n\n27:04 \u2013 The impact of American Cancer Society funding on his research\n\n28:57 \u2013 A message he\u2019d like to share with patients