Clinical Trials: The Patient Perspective Part 1
What’s it like to try and find a trial as a patient? What are the challenges and hurdles that have to be overcome? How do we get to a better place? In this episode we hear the perspective of patients and then go to the experts to get some answers. Part 1 of a 2 part series on Clinical Trials.
A Dash of Joy
Meet Dar Finkelstein, the new team member of this podcast and the future host of a monthly segment “A Dash of Joy.” It will air along with our Trailblazer series on the last Friday of each month. All of us need a dash of joy in our lives. Dar is a professional clown and runs not just one, but two Facebook groups devoted to this very subject: She knows of what she speaks.
Meet our Season 1 Trailblazers
Meet our season 1 Trailblazers. These amazing women are making a difference in their communities. Finding inspiration from their own cancer experiences they have created organizations to support others, close gaps, and give back.
What Cancer Patients Need to Know About COVID-19 Vaccines
Welcome to this bonus episode of Our MBC Life. We are pleased to again highlight a program from our parent non-profit SHARE Cancer Support.
For many of us living with cancer there are numerous questions about COVID-19, the vaccines, and what we need to know to best take care of ourselves.
On February 11 SHARE invited Dr. Joshua Hill from Fred Hutchinson Research Center to discuss the COVID-19 Vaccine in relation to cancer patients and their treatment
Best of 3BlackDocs
We are excited to share another Best of from Season One. 3 Black Docs know how to keep it real and laugh and have fun. Dr. Karen Winkfield, Dr. Zanetta Lamar, and Dr. Tiffany Avery bring their professional take on racial disparities in healthcare and addressing structural barriers that lead to disparities in treatments and outcomes.
A conversation with Carol Evans
On this bonus episode hear our entire conversation with Carol Evans, CEO and Exec Dir. at SHARE Cancer Support. Carol joined us on two episodes last season - Working while Living with MBC and our December episode on the #inclusionpledge. Our talk with her covered much more and we want to share that with all of you.
Report back from SABCS
Welcome to this bonus episode of Our MBC Life. It feels like a lifetime ago, but just a few weeks ago the world's largest breast cancer conference, the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, was held. Just after the symposium SHARE welcomed Dr. Neil Iyengar from Memorial Sloan Kettering to a webinar where he shared information from SABCS highlighting both early-stage and metastatic research.
GRASP: Guiding Researchers and Advocates to Scientific Partnerships
Co-host Natalia Green finds out how Christine Hodgdon and Julia Maués, co-founders of GRASP (Guiding Researchers and Advocates to Scientific Partnerships) saw an opportunity last year to bridge the gap between researchers and MBC advocates in the pursuit of better research connections.
#TheRightDose
Anne Loeser and Dr. Aditya Bardia join the podcast to talk about the importance of getting The Right Dose.
#InclusionPledge One Year Later
Join us for a conversation on biases and disparities, privilege and stigmas, allyship and inclusion. Maimah Karmo, Julia Maues, and Christine Hodgdon join Sheila McGlown and Lisa Laudico for an authentic and real conversation on these issues and more.
Working while Living with MBC
Working while Living with MBC. A panel of MBC patients share their experiences working while living with MBC and we talk to an Alison Greenberg, an employment lawyer about what’s important when communicating your diagnosis at work.
Carol Evans, CEO and Executive Director, joins us to talk about her vision for SHARE’s future, how the metastatic community has changed how she thinks about breast cancer and her trailblazing career in media. We also talk about coping with COVID and cancer in the workplace.
Parenting while Living with MBC
We dedicate this podcast on Parenting while Living with MBC to Heidi Armitage Green. Heidi’s son Walker shares his experience before and after she died. We also hear from Natalia Green and others on how they talk with their children about their metastatic breast cancer diagnosis. Learn about resources you can use for your own converations.
Re-release ~ Our Inaugural Podcast
Join us as we revisit our inaugural episode with Maimah Karmo of the Tigerlily Foundation. Hear about how Jersi Baker raised her voice asking “where are the people who look like me?” How the #InclusionPledge began and an update on the first six months. We’ll have more on the pledge when we air a new podcast with Maimah later this month.
Just Gotta SHARE - Trailblazer
After her TNBC early stage diagnosis our October Trailblazer, Tiah Tomlin, wanted to be a part of the solution. Hear how she did that with her non-profit organization which is “dedicated to providing a cancer educational program and hands-on supportive services to build confidence in people of all ages, leading to a better quality of life.”
We Remember
Join us for a very special episode as "We Remember". Listeners join our hosts and podcast team in sharing remembrances of friends and loved ones who, due to MBC, are no longer with us.
All About Lobular Breast Cancer
Did you know that not ALL breast cancer can be detected by a lump? We are joined by Laurie Hutcheson of the Lobular Breast Cancer Alliance and researchers Steffi Oesterreich, PhD and Adrian Lee, PhD why ILC is difficult to research and what looks promising for the future.