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Takeda is pleased to launch “Improving Health Equity in Lung Cancer” in an effort to bring together diverse individuals facing Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) diagnosis and the medical providers who care for them.
If you are a patient or care partner living with lung cancer, or someone who cares about improving outcomes and experiences for all people with lung cancer, we hope this space provides information and hope for your journey.
Hiện đã có thông tin về ung thư
phổi bằng Tiếng Việt!
Now offering resources in
Vietnamese
Thank you to the Vietnamese patients and care partners
impacted by Lung Cancer who collaborated with
Takeda and Gryt Health on this website.
“Trust” is a two-way street. A provider has to be willing to trust a patient, to recognize their lived experiences, to establish trust.
Shared decision making is necessary for optimal health outcomes. Be your own advocate, find a trusted personal advocate, you have a right to a second opinion.
If you’ve ever felt blamed or shamed for a lung cancer diagnosis, you’re not alone. Existing stereotypes related to lung cancer can misrepresent a person’s unique lung cancer journey or prevent personalized care.
Biomarker testing is a relatively new advancement that provides the opportunity for targeted and personalized treatment. However, better awareness, education and access is needed.
“The most important role I’ve held in my life is becoming my father’s advocate when he was diagnosed with lung cancer.
Working with him to overcome barriers to his own healthcare ignited a passion in me. I am honored to be a part of the team to bring together the first cross-stakeholder, cross-cultural platform in non-small cell lung cancer to amplify the lived experience.”
The bottom line:
A more empathetic healthcare system leads to better patient outcomes.
“When I was a lung cancer patient...
I did not experience any barriers to access to the best care and outcome. I know that this is not the case for so many others.
I am honored to be part of this work that allows me to be a health equity ally, have empathy for the experiences of others, and work to improve outcomes for all patients impacted by a NSCLC diagnosis.”
Bản dịch thông tin sức khỏe | Ung Thư Phổi
Health Info Translations | Lung Cancer
“Vietnamese Americans are one of the highest sub-ethnic groups to report limited English proficiency...
Being able to communicate with them in their native language, surrounding them with support staff and resources to assist them is important in bringing them in as partners in their own care.”
Now, more than ever, the healthcare industry needs honest
and bold conversations about disparities and barriers that
continue to persist in their care. We are taking action to
address these disparities with the humans who experience
and continue to live them every day.
Every person living with lung cancer is a human being with
unique lived experiences. We set out to uncover and amplify the
unheard voices of the NSCLC community to better understand
their lived experiences with the healthcare system to inform
how together we can achieve more optimal care for all.
We are proud to share the information and insights provided by this roundtable of Advisors who represent the NSCLC patient, caregiver, healthcare provider and advocate perspectives. These heroes also bring urban and rural, English-as-second-language, diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds and indigenous lived experiences to the conversation.
Doug Pompey
Caregiver
Jenny Ybarra
Living with NSCLC
Amy Ybarra
Caregiver
Michelle Ottersbach
RN/Nurse Navigator
Angie Caton
Nurse Navigator
Dr. Danny Nguyen
City of Hope
Oncologist
John Ryan
Living with NSCLC
Barry Nelson
Living with NSCLC
Carol Hernandez
Living with NSCLC
Laronica Conway
Caregiver
Lupita Martinez
UT Health, San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center
Social Worker
Eugene Manley
LUNGevity Foundation
Patient Advocate
Juanita Segura
Living with NSCLC
Dr. Narjust Florez
Dana Farber Cancer Center
Oncologist
