Lisa Force

Pediatric oncologist | Passionate about improving global #childhoodcancer outcomes🎗| #epitwitter #culturalhumility #healthequity | Opinions my own | She/her/Dr

[Lisa Force @lisamforce]

RBCs are red,
Bone marrow is purple & pink 🔬,
More children that develop cancer
Live in LMICs than you may think!
#careandcureforall 🎗💖 🌍

[Ahmed Ali @DrAhmednurAli]

I wish more folks understood disabilities can happen at any time in a person's life. They can be temporary, episodic, or permanent, while varying in severity. When you are not prioritizing accessibility, you are excluding people, whether you realize it or not.

[Lisa Force @lisamforce]

Very grateful to @StBaldricks for their support through a Scholar award! Congratulations to all of the awardees, honored to be part of a community made up of passionate & dedicated people collectively working towards better outcomes for children with #cancer🎗️

[St. Baldrick's Foundation @StBaldricks]

Hot off the press! 📢 Announcing our latest round of grants, totaling $9.4 MILLION for kids' #cancer research! Learn more about the projects you helped fund: https://t.co/n3NpxSxseq

[Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu @DrZSB]

In my predominantly LMIC space of practice, I see the huge amount of stigma that is associated with cancer. Research studies are crucial for changing how we perceive cancer and even as physicians, how we manage. The latest issue of JNCI Monographs, focuses on stigma associated with cancer and has open access. Thus, cutting-edge findings are available to everyone, free of charge. Explore the latest insights in cancer research here and share widely. Thank you for sharing @VidyaVedham [JNCI Monographs](https://t.co/XiKschgMcw).

[Harmit S. Malik @HarmitMalik]

That amazing paper you spent years on? That amazing breakthrough you had? Very likely you built this following the work of others (very few exceptions), just as others will build off yours. Science is a continuum. Want to leave a lasting legacy in science? Be generous & be kind.

[Stephanie Graff, MD, FACP, FASCO @DrSGraff]

Normalize that *healthy* people can still be diagnosed with cancer.
Normalize taking a step back from everything else to focus on your health.
Normalize respecting the privacy of patients.
Normalize that patients on cancer treatment can look normal, or not.

[Michael McNeil @mcneilm87]

Great work from the incredible Carolina Pedraza better understanding Grief and Bereavement Support for Parents in Low- or Middle-Income Cou... https://t.co/Ly6FzIULxg @StJudeResearch @ximegq01 @justinnbaker @marta_salek

[Tamryn Fowler, PhD, RN, MSN, MPH @TamrynGray]

It's been a while! For those who do not know, my dad died less than a month ago to cancer. Part of my bereavement journey has been to honor him & his love for me. My twin & I are raising money in his honor to @LLSusa. Please consider donating to our cause. https://t.co/LwhRFTRQyu

[Lisa Force @lisamforce]

@TamrynGray @LLSusa I’m so very sorry to hear this Tamryn. You and your family are in my thoughts 💛

[Molly Taylor @MollyTaylorMD]

Something personal

https://t.co/7lmMtEp8oT

@pcresilience @seattlechildren

[JAMA Network Open @JAMANetworkOpen]

In a national survey of 238 Commission on Cancer US Cancer Centers, a majority of centers had family caregiver programs; however, a quarter had none, and the scope of programming was limited and rarely evidence-based. https://t.co/SCkvrfrvLy

[Dr Joyce Balagadde Kambugu @JKambugu]

Good cancer registration is a critical pillar for childhood cancer control. Prof Glenn Mbah from Cameroon talks about population based and hospital based childhood cancer registration. Cameroons experience #siopafrica

[Inas Abuali, MD @inas_md]

“Why didn't the world recognize that identity and privilege were accidents of birth? How much more empathy would people have if they understood that their position in life was decided not by goodness or merit or fault or need but by luck and chance, a toss of a coin?”

[POINTE @CancerPOINTE]

It took a long time to get it published but it was worth the wait and the work. "Psychosocial services for pediatric oncology patients in low- and middle-income countries from health care providers' perspectives"
https://t.co/GPcggRDrkt
@WorldSIOP @SIOP_GHN

[Lisa Force @lisamforce]

Honored to be included among this list of wonderful #PHODocs! #careandcureforall🎗️

[OncoDaily @oncodaily]

As the Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, draws to a close, we at OncoDaily have curated a list of 100 influential Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologists on Twitter (X) that are shaping the field of pediatric oncology! Follow them on X ! @WorldSIOP @ASCO
https://t.co/htfwMHcFCD

[Felicia Knaul @FeliciaKnaul]

The Lancet Commission on Global Access to #palliativecare & Pain Relief quantified the largely unaddressed burden of serious health-related suffering #SHS 🌐, highlighting the inequity in #palliativecare access across countries and proposing an Essential Package of #palliativecare that should be available to everyone in need to relieve health-related suffering. #MSKWHPCD #WHPCDay23

[Lisa Force @lisamforce]

@paimadhu @mcgillu Congrats!! 🎉

[Childhood Cancer International @IntChildCancer]

Did you know that @WHO has an initiative to increase the childhood cancer survival rate to 60% worldwide in the next 7 years? More info ➡️ https://t.co/7aEygrXxUZ. Share this information and join our #GoldSeptember campaign to raise #ChildhoodCancerAwareness. @WorldSIOP @opsoms

[Shematologist, MD @acweyand]

The American @RedCross is experiencing a national blood shortage with supply down ~25% since August.

🩸All donor types urgently needed
🅾️Emergency need for type O & platelet donors

Give if you can, retweet, share widely.

Together we can save lives.

[The Lancet Oncology @TheLancetOncol]

NOW OF: A systematic review and meta-analysis explores the burden of treatment-related mortality in children with cancer in LMICs and the association between country income level and treatment-related mortality.

https://t.co/D3IroHofys