Episode 196: Advancing Breast Cancer Science and Patient Care – Part 1 The EMJ Podcast: Insights For Healthcare Professionals

This podcast explores the genetic determinants and mechanisms of breast and ovarian cancer. Jonathan and Sofia Merajver, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, USA, discuss brain metastases, the severity of inflammatory breast cancer, and the movement of cancers through tissue.
Use the following timestamps to navigate this episode!
(00:00)-Introduction
(02:27)-Sofia’s journey into medicine
(04:10)-Personal stakes
(05:09)-Not being your doctor
(06:58)-Genes in inflammatory breast cancer
(10:58)-RHO proteins
(12:52)-Brain metastasis
(17:33)-Crossing the blood–brain barrier
(22:11)-Aggressive phenotypes of breast cancer
(24:18)-Chemoprevention in breast cancer