Breastcancer.org Podcast
Episodes
Webinar Audio: Advice From Doctors Who Had Breast Cancer (2024)
23 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is the audio from a Breastcancer.org webinar. In this candid conversation, Marisa Weiss, MD, Michele Ley, MD, FACS, Pamela Munster, MD, ...
Top Research From SABCS 2025
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The 2025 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium featured four days filled with new research findings, poster presentations, and educational sessions. Mar...
Addressing the Skin Side Effects of Breast Cancer Treatment
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
At the 2025 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, Dr. Ian Tattersall, an oncodermatologist, was part of a panel focusing on body image, hair loss, and ...
Interactive Online Tool Improves Quality of Life in Young Breast Cancer Survivors
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
At the 2025 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, Ann Partridge, MD, MPH, presented research on the Young, Empowered & Strong (YES) mHealth tool design...
Acupuncture Helps Ease Chemo Brain
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
At the 2025 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, Dr. Jun Mao, an integrative medicine specialist and licensed acupuncturist at Memorial Sloan Ketterin...
Final Results From Early Trials on a Vaccine to Prevent TNBC
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
At the 2025 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, Justin Johnson, PhD, presented a poster detailing the final results from three groups of people in a ...
“We Need More Education About The Risk of Recurrence”
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
At the 2025 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, Megan-Claire Chase, known online as Warrior Megsie, a fierce and funny breast cancer advocate, presen...
Bridging the Gap Between the Oncology and Mental Health Communities
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
At the 2025 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, Whitney O’Connor, a two-time breast cancer survivor, licensed professional counselor, and founder o...
Giredestrant Promising New Treatment For Early-Stage HR-Positive Breast Cancer
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After surgery, many people with stage I to stage III hormone receptor-positive breast cancer take tamoxifen or an aromatase inhibitor for five to 10 y...
Making HRT Decisions With a History of Breast Cancer
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
At the 2025 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS), Dr. Tara Sanft, associate professor of medicine at the Yale School of Medicine and director o...
Webinar Audio: Corrective Breast Reconstruction: Getting the Results You Want
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This bonus episode is the audio of a Breastcancer.org webinar. Managing breast cancer treatment can be a long, complex process with unexpect...
The Guy With Stage 4 Breast Cancer
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Male breast cancer makes up about 1% of all breast cancer cases. The numbers are small, but it does happen. Jake Messier is living with metastatic bre...
Webinar Audio: Managing Chemo Side Effects Before, During, and After Treatment
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This bonus episode is the audio of a Breastcancer.org webinar. Hair loss. Fatigue. Forgetfulness. Vomiting. Weight changes. Neuropathy. The pos...
Can We Stop Fat From Fueling Triple-Negative Breast Cancer?
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Andrei Goga and his colleagues found that triple-negative breast cancer cells build molecular tunnels called gap junctions into nearby fat cells a...
Webinar Audio: Real Talk: Healthy Body and Mind After Breast Cancer Treatment
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This bonus episode is the audio of a Breastcancer.org webinar. For many people, life after breast cancer isn't as easy as just moving on. Physical...
Coping With the Fear of Breast Cancer Recurrence
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After being diagnosed with breast cancer, nearly everyone worries that the cancer will come back. But for some people, this fear is overwhelming and i...
Webinar Audio: Breast Cancer Before 45
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This bonus episode is the audio of a Breastcancer.org webinar. When life is interrupted by breast cancer at a young age, there are distinct challenge...
Weight Loss Drugs and Breast Cancer
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
According to a KFF poll, about one in eight, or 12%, of adults in the United States have used a GLP-1 medicine like Ozempic, Trulicity, Victoza, Mounj...
Webinar Audio: Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a bonus episode of the audio of a Breastcancer.org webinar. Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an invasive subty...
Already Aware: Dealing With Feelings About Breast Cancer Awareness Month
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Many people feel supported by Breast Cancer Awareness Month activities and pink merchandise. Others feel the month focuses on people who’ve been cur...
Webinar Audio: Healing Your Invisible Scars With Mental Health Support
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a bonus episode of the audio of a Breastcancer.org webinar. If you’ve struggled with anxiety, fear, depression, anger, lo...
TNBC Can Change Hormone Receptor Status If It Comes Back
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Triple-negative breast cancer is negative for both estrogen and progesterone receptors. So, it’s hormone receptor-negative. People diagnosed with th...
Webinar Audio: Understanding Breast Reconstruction Options
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a bonus episode of the audio of a Breastcancer.org webinar. Making decisions about breast reconstruction is personal. Hours of re...
Chelsea’s Story: Diagnosed With Breast Cancer at 25
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A medical assistant at Elizabeth Wende Breast Care in Upstate New York, Chelsea Vangrol had seen young women diagnosed with breast cancer. But she nev...
Webinar Audio: Styling Confidence After a Breast Cancer Diagnosis
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a bonus episode of the audio of a Breastcancer.org webinar. Whether you’re adjusting to changes to your body, experiencing weight flu...
Teaching the Immune System to Fight Cancer
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) are a relatively new type of medicine for breast cancer. Enhertu (chemical name: fam-trastuzumab-deruxtecan-nxki) and ...
Diagnosed With Breast Cancer While Pregnant
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
At the start of her second trimester, Rafaela Dreisin was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 36. Listen to the episode to hear Rafaela discus...
Webinar Audio: It’s OK Not To Be OK: Mental Health and Breast Cancer
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a bonus episode of the audio of a Breastcancer.org webinar. It’s normal to experience emotional challenges after a cancer diagnosis. From b...
Health Insurance and Disability for People Living With Metastatic Breast Cancer
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is the audio from a special Virtual Support Group meetup featuring guest moderator Joanna Doran. Listen to the podcast to hear Joanna an...
Managing the Emotions of Metastatic Breast Cancer When You’re Young
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is the audio from a special Virtual Support Group featuring guest moderator Kelly Grosklags. Listen to the podcast to hear Kelly and Com...
Breast Cancer Doesn’t Care Whom You Love
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Four years after giving birth to her son, Jaci Field was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 39. Listen to the episode to hear Jaci discuss: her...
Managing Hormonal Therapy Side Effects
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
At the 2025 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting, Hope Rugo, MD, chaired a session on managing the side effects of new breast cancer t...
Financial Toxicity and Breast Cancer: How Doctors Can Help
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
At the 2025 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting Fumiko Chino, MD, summarized her presentation on how doctors can help the pe...
Top Breast Cancer Research at ASCO 2025
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The 2025 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting featured five days of presentations and educational sessions on all types of canc...
Making Sure Exercise is Part of Cancer Care
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
At the 2025 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, Dr. Katie Schmitz chaired a session on ways to ensure that exercise is part o...
Lifestyle Risk Factors and Breast Cancer Mortality
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
At the 2025 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting, Dr. Samantha El Warrak presented the results of her research on how five lifestyle f...
The Research METAvivor Funds
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
By 2030, researchers estimate that about 246,000 people will be living with metastatic breast cancer. METAvivor is the first organization dedicated to...
Breast Cancer Doesn’t Care About Gender
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ashton Davidson was diagnosed with breast cancer during gender-affirming top surgery. He faced some unique challenges and situations during and after ...
Winter 2025 Breast Cancer Research Round Up
18 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Can people diagnosed with metastatic hormone receptor-positive breast cancer avoid chemotherapy and take a CDK4/6 inhibitor instead? Do people diagnos...
Triple-Negative Breast Cancer and the TRIM37 Protein
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been known for many years that Black women are twice as likely as white women to be diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer. If diagnosed ...
Federal Funding Freeze Pauses Breast Cancer Research
21 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) are the largest funder of cancer research in the world. A January 2025 executive order froze NIH funding and c...
Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Treatment: Where Are We?
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
About 10% to 15% of breast cancers are triple-negative. This means they don’t have receptors for the hormones estrogen or progesterone, and don’t ...
How Does Alcohol Affect Breast Cancer Risk?
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In January 2025, the U.S. Surgeon General put out an advisory on alcohol and cancer risk, calling for cancer risk-warning labels on alcoholic beverage...
Fall 2024 Breast Cancer Research Round Up
07 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hormonal birth control increases breast cancer risk in women with a BRCA1 mutation, but not women with a BRCA2 mutation. Levonorgestrel IUDs increase ...
Biomarker Testing Laws: How Are They Helping?
24 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In cancer, biomarkers are features of the tumor, such as a genetic mutation or the presence of a certain protein. These biomarkers affect how the canc...
Advocates’ Thoughts on SABCS 2024
13 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Five patient advocates share what they like and what they’re excited about at the 2024 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. The advocates are: Anto...
Top Research at SABCS 2024
13 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The 2024 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium featured five days of research presentations, educational sessions, and advocacy meetings. Dr. Marisa We...
Enhertu for HER2-Low and -Ultralow Metastatic Breast Cancer
12 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
At the 2024 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, Dr. Aditya Bardia, director of the Breast Oncology Program and Translational Research Integration at ...
Breast Cancer in Young Women: What We Know and Reducing Risk
12 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Cases of breast cancer in young women have been increasing dramatically in the last eight years. Dr. Matteo Lambertini, whose research focuses on brea...
Alamo Breast Cancer Foundation Scholarships
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Andrea Hans was diagnosed with stage II triple-negative breast cancer when she was 28. With expertise in public health and health policy, she began wo...
Sexual Health After Breast Cancer
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
At the 2024 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium Dr. Don Dizon, professor of medicine and professor of surgery at the Brown University Cancer Institute...
Can Hormonal Therapy Help Treat Triple-Negative Breast Cancer?
06 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
New research suggests that estrogen plays a role in allowing hormone receptor-negative breast cancer to grow. This is because estrogen limits the abil...
Black Women and Hormonal Therapy Sexual Side Effects
22 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the THRIVE trial, sexual side effects caused by hormonal therapy led to lower mental quality of life in both Black and white women, but caused lowe...
Diagnosed With Breast Cancer at 26
08 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Being diagnosed with breast cancer at any age is frightening and unexpected. But if you’re diagnosed in your 20s – before any type of screening st...
What You Need to Know About Inflammatory Breast Cancer
25 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Inflammatory breast cancer is a rare and aggressive type of breast cancer; only about 1% to 5% of all breast cancers diagnosed in the United States ar...
Transitioning to a Different Normal After a Breast Cancer Diagnosis
11 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A breast cancer diagnosis is a trauma, both physically and emotionally. You may find yourself wondering why no one is calling you one day and wishing ...
Oral Side Effects of Breast Cancer Treatment
27 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A number of breast cancer treatments, including chemotherapy and some targeted therapy medicines, like Herceptin (trastuzumab), can cause oral side ef...
The Mastectomy I Always Wanted
13 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
While preparing for breast cancer surgery and reconstruction, Erica Neubert Campbell was understandably scared and anxious. She also had no idea what ...
Summer 2024 Breast Cancer Research Round Up
30 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force updated its screening mammogram recommendations. Having a double mastectomy after being diagnosed with breast ...
Osteoporosis and Breast Cancer
16 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Certain breast cancer treatments, including the aromatase inhibitors – medicines that stop the body from making estrogen – and certain chemotherap...
Podcasting From the Chemo Chair
09 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Carly Fauth was diagnosed with breast cancer in January 2024. Scheduled to start chemotherapy in May, Carly decided to start a podcast called Chemo Co...
What Is Palliative Care and When Do You Use It?
26 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Palliative care is often confused with hospice care, but the two are very different. This podcast is the audio from a special Virtual Community Meetup...
Bias in Healthcare AI
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In late 2019, Meredith’s routine mammogram showed an area of concern. Both her doctor and AI – an artificial intelligence program -- read her mamm...
Research on Side Effects at ASCO 2024
21 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
At the 2024 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting (ASCO) in June, an entire poster session was dedicated to treatment-related side effe...
How Are Your Oncologist’s Communication Skills?
07 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
At the 2024 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting Fumiko Chino, MD, presented the results of research she conducted with Breastc...
Top Breast Cancer Research at ASCO 2024
04 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The 2024 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting featured five days of presentations and educational sessions on all types of canc...
Predicting Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Risk in Young Black Women
04 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Black women have a higher risk of developing triple-negative breast cancer at a young age than white women. At the 2024 American Society of Clinical O...
Genetic Testing Saved My Life
04 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
At the 2024 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, Dr. Brooklyn Olumba was part of ASCO Voices, a program that gives people in t...
The Boob Bus
24 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There are many reasons women don’t get annual mammograms, including the distance to a mammogram facility, lack of transportation, or not having a pr...
Easing Cancer Pain in People With a History of Addiction
10 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Pain is a common side effect of breast cancer. The cancer itself may cause pain and nearly all breast cancer treatments may cause some type of pain. I...
Radiation Before Mastectomy: Switching Treatment Order Allows for Immediate Reconstruction
26 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If early-stage breast cancer has a high risk of recurrence – coming back after treatment – nearly all doctors recommend radiation after mastectomy...
How to Ease Stress
12 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
That being diagnosed with breast cancer is stressful is an understatement. It may be difficult to accept the diagnosis. You may feel overwhelmed by ma...
Nutrition and Breast Cancer
22 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After a breast cancer diagnosis, many people want to eat more healthfully. This podcast is the audio from a special Virtual Community Meetup featuring...
Embracing What Matters Most After a Metastatic Breast Cancer Diagnosis
01 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Living with metastatic breast cancer can bring many changes, including to what you find important. This podcast is the audio from a special Virtual Co...
Talking To A Partner About Sex After Breast Cancer
16 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Many people struggle with being intimate during and after breast cancer treatment. Surgery can change the way you look and feel about yourself, as wel...
Finding and Treating Inactive Breast Cancer Cells
02 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
At the European Society for Medical Oncology 2023 Congress, Dr. DeMichele presented results from the CLEVER study, which looked at ways to treat inact...
Tai Chi for People With Breast Cancer
19 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tai chi is described as meditation in motion. But what does that mean, exactly? Listen to the podcast to hear Judith explain: what tai chi is and it...
Bringing Breastcancer.org to the Spanish-Speaking Community
05 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Marián Castanondo has been with Breastcancer.org since the Spanish language discussion forums launched 11 years ago. Listen to the podcast to hear M...
Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause
22 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM) is the preferred term for many of the symptoms that menopause can cause, including vaginal dryness and irrit...
Research With Immediate Impact at 2023 SABCS
08 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The 2023 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium featured five days of research presentations, educational sessions, and advocacy meetings. Dr. Matthew Go...
The Benefits of Exercise for People Living With Metastatic Disease
08 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In 2022, the American Society of Clinical Oncology released guidelines on exercise for people being treated for early-stage cancer. But when those gui...
Genomic Test Helps Decide Which DCIS Needs Radiation
08 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Oncotype DX Breast DCIS Score test is used to help people and their doctors make decisions about whether radiation after lumpectomy surgery to rem...
Being in a Metastatic Breast Cancer Clinical Trial
07 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Kelly Shanahan, trained as an OB/GYN, has been living with metastatic breast cancer for 10 years. For many years, she tried to join a clinical tri...
Breast Cancer Vaccine Update
07 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. G. Thomas Budd, an oncologist and Dr. Justin Johnson, an immunologist, are collaborating on research looking at a vaccine to prevent triple-negati...
ART Doesn’t Increase Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer Recurrence Risk
07 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
At the 2023 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, Dr. Hatem Azim presented a new analysis of information from the POSITIVE trial, which found that youn...
Paxman Scalp Cooling Patient Assistance Programs
06 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Scalp cooling can help people keep some or quite a lot of their hair when receiving a chemotherapy regime that can cause hair loss. At the 2023 San A...
What You Need to Know About Lymph Node Radiation After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy
06 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Breast cancers that are lymph node-positive are usually treated with chemotherapy before surgery (neoadjuvant chemotherapy). If those cancers become l...
Treatment After CDK4/6 Inhibitors
06 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
CDK4/6 inhibitors are used to treat both early-stage and advanced-stage hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer. The CDK4/6 inhibito...
The Losses We Feel After a Metastatic Breast Cancer Diagnosis
01 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Living with metastatic breast cancer can bring many losses: not being able to ride bike, missing events, losing friends, just to name a few. This podc...
Imaging Tests for Lobular Breast Cancer
10 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lobular breast cancer is cancer that starts in the lobules, the glands in the breast that produce milk. Lobular breast cancer is the second most commo...
Pregnancy After Breast Cancer: Is It Safe?
02 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
At the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) 2023 Congress Ann Partridge, MD, MPH, chaired a session titled, “Pregnancy After Breast Cancer: ...
Can Chemotherapy Before Surgery Eliminate the Need for Surgery?
02 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
At the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) 2023 Congress in Madrid, Spain, Dr. Henry Kuerer presented results from a study looking at whether...
Promising New Treatment for Metastatic Breast Cancer
02 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
At the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) 2023 Congress Aditya Bardia, MD, MPH, presented results from the TROPION-Breast01 trial, which is ...
Talking to Children About Metastatic Breast Cancer
08 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Finding the words to talk to children about metastatic breast cancer can be very difficult. This podcast is the audio from a special Virtual Community...
Breast Cancer Biomarkers
25 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Biomarkers are molecules that help doctors distinguish breast cancer cells from healthy cells. In general, there are three broad categories of breast ...
Medical Cannabis for Breast Cancer Symptoms and Side Effects
11 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Many people diagnosed with breast cancer decide to use cannabis to ease side effects such as pain, nausea and vomiting. Listen to the podcast to hea...
Genomic Assays: What Are the Different Kinds and How Do They Work?
28 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
There are several genomic tests -- also called genomic assays -- that analyze a sample of a breast cancer tumor to see how active certain genes are. T...
Exercise As Breast Cancer Medicine
07 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
At the 2023 American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting, Dr. Christina Dieli-Conwright gave a presentation entitled “Resistance exercise...
How Spirituality Can Help People With Breast Cancer
23 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dianne Hyman founded Sister Will You Help Me, a breast cancer support group for women of faith and color, nearly 22 years ago. Listen to the episode...
2023 ASCO Takeaways
07 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The 2023 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting featured five days of research presentations, educational sessions, posters, and network...