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Real Pink Podcast

Real Pink, a podcast by Susan G. Komen, is taking real conversations about breast cancer from the doctor's office to your living room. Hosted by Adam Walker, episodes feature candid conversations with survivors, researchers, physicians, and more. Find answers to your toughest questions and clear, actionable steps to live a better life, longer. At Real Pink, compassionate storytelling meets real inspiration and real support.

  1. 3 DAYS AGO

    Episode 297: Latinas Navigating Diagnosis: From Fear to Resilience

    On today’s episode, we have two special guests, Kristina Guerrero, journalist, TV host, lifestyle expert and author along with three-time Emmy award-winning journalist, TV host, author and speaker, Gaby Natale. Both are Latinas in the public eye who were diagnosed at young ages with breast cancer. We’ll talk with them about navigating their breast cancer diagnosis as a Latina, how it changed them as storytellers and what they want to share with the Latino community having gone through this experience.

    30 min

  2. 16 SEPT

    Episode 296: The Power of Genomic Testing

    Tumor profiling or genomic testing can give us information about the genes in a person’s cancer cells and can help guide doctors to the best possible treatment plan by predicting the risk of recurrence, or when breast cancer returns after initial treatment. If a low risk of recurrence is shown, people with breast cancer and their doctors can choose to pursue a less aggressive treatment plan with confidence. Here today to empower us with information about the power of genomics and to give further insight into how it can positively affect treatment decisions is Medical Oncologist, specializing in Breast Cancer and Cancer Genomics, and Chief Medical Officer at Agendia, Dr. William Audeh.

    17 min

  3. 9 SEPT

    Episode 295: Real Talk: (Un)Wanted Advice

    This is Real Talk, a podcast conversation where we’re digging deep into breast cancer and the realities patients and survivors face every day. We’re talking openly and honestly about just how difficult breast cancer can be, from being diagnosed to selecting the right treatment plan, to living day to day with metastatic breast cancer, and life after treatment ends. In today’s episode, we’re talking about advice. Naturally, we want to help and support our friends and family when difficult situations arise, but sometimes our advice can have the opposite effect of what we intended. Without knowing, we can create doubt or confusion by telling someone going through breast cancer what WE would do if WE were diagnosed. Valerie Engel is French-American and was treated for breast cancer in the United States. She heard from some in France that surgery wasn’t safe, and she wasn’t making the right choice. Valerie felt she had made the right decision with the input and guidance from her care team, but the opinions of others didn’t make an already difficult time any easier for her. Dr. Miggins is a medical provider who works with her patients every day to make the best decisions for their treatment. She wants her patients to feel confident in the choice they make, knowing the options they have based on their personal breast cancer diagnosis.

    44 min

  4. 2 SEPT

    Episode 294: Finding Comfort and Strength in Creativity

    Women with a very high risk of breast cancer due to genetic mutations, such as BRCA, may consider risk-reducing bilateral mastectomies to lower their risk of breast cancer. While these prophylactic mastectomies do not completely protect a woman from breast cancer, they lower the risk in women at high risk by at least 90%. When today’s guest learned that she was a carrier of the BRCA1 mutation at only age 31, she began preparing for her surgery and found both an escape and a sense of confidence through romance novels where women were embracing self-confidence, self-love and their bodies. Reading romance novels carried her through her recovery and this year, she published her own romance novel, Four Weekends and a Funeral, with a lead character who has also just undergone a double mastectomy. Ellie Palmer is here today to share her story and how a genre of books helped not only bring her joy, but also gave her a language to help discuss her body and what she feared losing.

    20 min

  5. 26 AUG

    Episode 293: Managing Lymphedema Symptoms During Treatment

    1 in 5 women who have had breast cancer surgery and treatment are at risk for developing a potentially detrimental side effect of breast cancer – breast cancer-related lymphedema – a condition in which lymphatic fluid gets trapped in lymph vessels and causes chronic arm swelling leading to reduced quality of life for many. We are joined today by Tina Tsan, a certified lymphedema therapist and the Founder of Harmony Lymphatics. Tina is dedicated to providing the highest quality of care to her patients and is excited to be here today to share her wealth of knowledge and expertise about managing lymphedema during and after breast cancer treatment.

    18 min

  6. 19 AUG

    Episode 292: Recurrence After a Double Mastectomy

    Most people diagnosed with breast cancer will never have a breast cancer recurrence. However, everyone who’s had breast cancer is at risk of recurrence. Today’s guest is Nikki Panico, the Executive Director of Susan G. Komen Wisconsin. Nikki is unfortunately no stranger to breast cancer. Her mother and aunt both died from the disease 14 years ago, the same year that Nikki was diagnosed for the first time. Now, she is dealing with a second diagnosis, despite undergoing a double mastectomy and 5 years of hormone treatment and having no evidence of disease for over a decade. Nikki is here today to share the physical symptom that led her back to her doctor and how she is feeling amidst this new fight.

    24 min

  7. 12 AUG

    Episode 291: Real Talk: A Mastectomy Isn’t A Boob Job

    This is Real Talk, a podcast conversation where we’re digging deep into breast cancer and the realities patients and survivors face every day. We’re talking openly and honestly about just how difficult breast cancer can be, from being diagnosed to selecting the right treatment plan, to living day to day with metastatic breast cancer, and life after treatment ends. In today’s episode, we’re talking about mastectomies and how they aren’t boob jobs. Asha Miller was diagnosed with Stage 3 HER2-negative breast cancer at age 33. She was in great physical shape and never suspected the lump she found in her armpit. She underwent chemotherapy and surgery for a double mastectomy, followed by radiation that left severe burns on her skin. She thought she was finally finished with her treatment but a recall on her breast implants sent her back to the hospital for another surgery. Dr. Stephanie McCoy is a passionate advocate for health equity and a qualitative research professional at Susan G. Komen. With her extensive experience in public health, Stephanie works to ensure the work Komen does across various Mission programs is responsive to the communities we serve toward breast health equity for all.

    40 min

  8. 5 AUG

    Episode 290: Talking Chemo – Understanding the Role of Preventative Chemo

    Chemotherapy or “Chemo” is often associated with cancer treatment and hair loss, but what do you know about it? The term preventative chemotherapy has been mentioned in the media recently in relation to Princess Kate’s cancer journey, leaving many people wondering exactly what that means. We are joined today by Komen Scientific Advisory Board member Dr. Lisa Carey, who will help us understand the evolving role of chemotherapy, preventative chemotherapy, and more in the treatment of breast cancer.

    18 min
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Real Pink, a podcast by Susan G. Komen, is taking real conversations about breast cancer from the doctor's office to your living room. Hosted by Adam Walker, episodes feature candid conversations with survivors, researchers, physicians, and more. Find answers to your toughest questions and clear, actionable steps to live a better life, longer. At Real Pink, compassionate storytelling meets real inspiration and real support.

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  • Creator
    Susan G. Komen
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2024
  • Episodes
    298
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2024 2019 Susan G. Komen
  • Show Website
    Real Pink

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