Report Back from ASCO 2022: What’s the Latest in MBC Research?
The biggest cancer conference in the world, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2022 annual meeting, was back in person after 2 years online during the COVID pandemic. Some of the research highlights presented this year are “practice-changing.” and received a rarely given standing ovation. What is practice changing in MBC? Get the answer to this question and a lot more in the report back from ASCO
Dr. Nancy Lin: Are CNS Mets Becoming More Treatable? What’s New with STOP-HER2?
Brain metastases are unfortunately an all too common and devastating complication of breast cancer. The blood-brain barrier has long been a key obstacle to developing effective systemic therapies; however, newer agents are showing signs of overcoming this challenge. Dr. Nancy Lin explains.
Living with a de novo MBC diagnosis
The Our MBC Life podcast hosts a panel to discuss what it’s really like to be diagnosed stage 4 from the beginning or de novo MBC. Those of us diagnosed de novo don’t get an introduction to breast cancer at earlier stages and that presents some unique issues.
Body Image & Diet Culture
Our episode this week will focus on body image and diet culture, both within society and the breast cancer community, and how treatment can affect our feelings about our bodies. Co-host Natalia Green moderates a panel of women currently living with MBC who discuss and share their experiences.
We Remember
Join us for our annual We Remember episode where we have invited our listeners to share the names and stories of the people they have loved and who have died from MBC over these past 12 months. Together we share the grief and loss of everyone who has died from MBC. Thanks for listening.
MBC Around the World
Grab those negative covid tests and passports because we travel around the world in this episode! Oh yeah, get your proof of vaccination and N95s too since this thing ain’t over yet sadly. We wanted to learn how others living with and advocating for MBC deal with it all in other places. So we travel virtually to Canada, Japan, Kuwait, Egypt, Australia, Portugal, Kenya, Nigeria, and the UK. Co-hosts Natalia Green, Sheila McGlown, Lisa Laudico, and Anne Woodward find out what it’s like to get a second opinion in Europe & Canada, or why MBC is called Advanced Breast Cancer in some places, or how getting drugs in some countries is like applying for a car loan, or the debilitating stigma of cancer and so much more.
Trailblazers of Charlotte
We begin the Season 3 Trailblazers with a twist. We’re taking Trailblazer on the Road! Our first stop will be the wonderfully, philanthropic city of Charlotte, NC. Join us as we speak with representatives of two truly grassroots organizations, dedicated to supporting the Charlotte breast cancer community in two very different ways. Interestingly enough, both organizations were started by women living with Metastatic Breast Cancer.
A Dash of Joy Summer Bonus
Ready for some Joy? It’s a summer episode full of it!! Come along for this joyful journey.
MBC & the LGBTQ2S+ Community
join us for our discussion about the LGBTQ2S+ community and MBC. Co-host Natalia Green moderates a panel with Bob DeVito and Rainy Orteca, two guests living with MBC, and who are part of the LGBTQ2S+ community along with the co-founder of Queering Cancer, Dr. Evan Taylor. We also sit down with Kimiko Tobimatsu , a Canadian human rights lawyer and an award-winning graphic novelist whose book, Kimiko Does Cancer, tells the story of her breast cancer diagnosis at the age of 25 and the challenges she faced as a queer person, living with breast cancer.
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.
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.
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.
Bonus - Kate Petrides
Kate Petrides joins Lisa and special guest host Emily Veach to share her story. From early stage diagnosis to her metastatic life she has been an advocate for MBC research. Kate shares how she has prepared for a lifespan that is shorter than what she expected. This is a very personal account of life with metastatic breast cancer.