New episodes publish every Tuesday at 5 a.m. ET. Covering everything from the latest breast cancer treatments to the rising costs of care to what it’s like to be diagnosed when you’re pregnant, The Breastcancer.org Podcast explores all things breast cancer. Join host and veteran science reporter Jamie DePolo as she talks to world-renowned oncologists, breast cancer advocates, and everyday people affected by breast cancer. Guests have included oncologists Hope Rugo, Dennis Slamon, and Eleonor ...
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Coping With the Fear of Breast Cancer Recurrence
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24:38After being diagnosed with breast cancer, nearly everyone worries that the cancer will come back. But for some people, this fear is overwhelming and interferes with their ability to function and live their lives. Clinical health psychologist Dr. Shelly Johns is studying the effect fear of breast cancer recurrence has on people’s lives and how they …
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Webinar Audio: Breast Cancer Before 45
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1:53:43This bonus episode is the audio of a Breastcancer.org webinar. When life is interrupted by breast cancer at a young age, there are distinct challenges and quality-of-life issues to manage. It’s important to understand all the possible ways a diagnosis can impact the future, including fertility decisions, pregnancy care, career disruptions, parentin…
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Weight Loss Drugs and Breast Cancer
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41:25According 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, Mounjaro, Wegovy, or Zepbound. These drugs were originally developed to treat diabetes, but quickly started being prescribed for weight loss and other uses. While they seem like wonder drugs, GLP-1 medicin…
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Webinar Audio: Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
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1:03:26This is a bonus episode of the audio of a Breastcancer.org webinar. Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an invasive subtype of breast cancer that can be harder to treat and is more likely to come back. But new research into understanding TNBC is helping some patients find more precise treatment options. Learn about innovations in immuno…
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Already Aware: Dealing With Feelings About Breast Cancer Awareness Month
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Webinar Audio: Healing Your Invisible Scars With Mental Health Support
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1:14:14This is a bonus episode of the audio of a Breastcancer.org webinar. If you’ve struggled with anxiety, fear, depression, anger, loneliness, or felt overwhelmed by the emotional impact of a breast cancer diagnosis, this webinar is for you. You’ll learn about a variety of approaches to treat and manage mental health issues from counseling to com…
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TNBC Can Change Hormone Receptor Status If It Comes Back
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27:53Triple-negative breast cancer is negative for both estrogen and progesterone receptors. So, it’s hormone receptor-negative. People diagnosed with this type of breast cancer aren’t offered hormonal therapy to reduce the risk of recurrence (the cancer coming back) because it’s thought that they wouldn’t be effective. Dr. Lisa Newman and colleagues pu…
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Webinar Audio: Understanding Breast Reconstruction Options
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59:51This is a bonus episode of the audio of a Breastcancer.org webinar. Making decisions about breast reconstruction is personal. Hours of research can go into your choice about restoring the shape and size of one or both breasts. It’s also important to think carefully about how you want to look and feel in your body. Implants, flap reconstruction,…
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Chelsea’s Story: Diagnosed With Breast Cancer at 25
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25:19A medical assistant at Elizabeth Wende Breast Care in Upstate New York, Chelsea Vangrol had seen young women diagnosed with breast cancer. But she never expected to be one of them. She shares her experience of being diagnosed with DCIS at age 25 so other people in a similar situation will know they’re not alone.Listen to the episode to hear Chelsea…
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Webinar Audio: Styling Confidence After a Breast Cancer Diagnosis
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1:09:21This is a bonus episode of the audio of a Breastcancer.org webinar. Whether you’re adjusting to changes to your body, experiencing weight fluctuation, hair loss, hot flashes, or just trying to feel “like yourself” again, this webinar will give you a toolkit of style strategies to try. Dr. Weiss and Emma John discuss their personal stories, and ho…
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Teaching the Immune System to Fight Cancer
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17:56Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) are a relatively new type of medicine for breast cancer. Enhertu (chemical name: fam-trastuzumab-deruxtecan-nxki) and Dato-DXd (brand name: Datroway) are two ADCs used to treat breast cancer. Dr Benjamin Schrank and colleagues have developed a new type of ADC that combines an antibody with a toxin — called an antibod…
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Diagnosed With Breast Cancer While Pregnant
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38:58At 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 discuss: how she and her doctors decided on a treatment plan how she coped with experiencing the excitement of being pregnant and the fear of her diagnosis at the same time her advice for other people in the…
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Webinar Audio: It’s OK Not To Be OK: Mental Health and Breast Cancer
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1:09:21This is a bonus episode of the audio of a Breastcancer.org webinar. It’s normal to experience emotional challenges after a cancer diagnosis. From body image to managing relationships, heightened stress, the fear of recurrence, and so much more. In this webinar, you’ll learn about a variety of ways to cope with the anxiety and doubts that can take h…
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Health Insurance and Disability for People Living With Metastatic Breast Cancer
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59:24This podcast is the audio from a special Virtual Support Group meetup featuring guest moderator Joanna Doran. Listen to the podcast to hear Joanna and Community members discuss: Medicaid changes that may happen, including the work requirement the long-term disability approval process having both Medicaid and Medicare…
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Managing the Emotions of Metastatic Breast Cancer When You’re Young
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59:17This podcast is the audio from a special Virtual Support Group featuring guest moderator Kelly Grosklags. Listen to the podcast to hear Kelly and Community members discuss: why you might not want to share tough emotions with the people in your life how to tell someone you need them to listen, not fix things how different members of the group shared…
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Breast Cancer Doesn’t Care Whom You Love
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21:10Four 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 breast cancer experience and her advocacy work the discrimination she’s faced, both because of her race and whom she chooses to love how she finds joyBreastcancer.org
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Managing Hormonal Therapy Side Effects
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30:10At the 2025 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting, Hope Rugo, MD, chaired a session on managing the side effects of new breast cancer treatments and also presented information on how to manage the side effects of hormonal therapy medicines, which are used to treat hormone receptor-positive breast cancer. Listen to the episode to hear…
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Financial Toxicity and Breast Cancer: How Doctors Can Help
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14:40At the 2025 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting Fumiko Chino, MD, summarized her presentation on how doctors can help the people they care for overcome financial issues. She also offered some strategies for patients. Listen to the podcast to hear Dr. Chino explain: some specific resources for people with cancer why people wi…
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Top Breast Cancer Research at ASCO 2025
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19:34The 2025 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting featured five days of presentations and educational sessions on all types of cancer. Dr. Eleonora Teplinsky, a board-certified medical oncologist at the Valley-Mount Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Center in Paramus, NJ, summarizes the top breast cancer research. Listen to the episode …
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Making Sure Exercise is Part of Cancer Care
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13:06At the 2025 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, Dr. Katie Schmitz chaired a session on ways to ensure that exercise is part of every cancer treatment plan. She also talked about how results of the CHALLENGE trial in colon cancer might apply to breast cancer. Listen to the episode to hear Dr. Schmitz explain: strategies doct…
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Lifestyle Risk Factors and Breast Cancer Mortality
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25:20At the 2025 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting, Dr. Samantha El Warrak presented the results of her research on how five lifestyle factors affect the risk of dying from breast cancer. Listen to the episode to hear Dr. El Warrak explain: the five risk factors included in the study which risk factors were most linked to breast cance…
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The Research METAvivor Funds
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26:34By 2030, researchers estimate that about 246,000 people will be living with metastatic breast cancer. METAvivor is the first organization dedicated to raising awareness of, and funding research on, stage IV breast cancer. Dr. Kelly Shanahan, current METAvivor president, has been living with metastatic disease for 11 years. Listen to the episode to …
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Breast Cancer Doesn’t Care About Gender
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34:51Ashton Davidson was diagnosed with breast cancer during gender-affirming top surgery. He faced some unique challenges and situations during and after treatment. Listen to the episode to hear Ash explain: the emotions he felt when diagnosed how he decided to become an outspoken advocate how he lives authentically in the face of adversity how he find…
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Winter 2025 Breast Cancer Research Round Up
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37:19Can people diagnosed with metastatic hormone receptor-positive breast cancer avoid chemotherapy and take a CDK4/6 inhibitor instead? Do people diagnosed with DCIS need to have surgery? Will there soon be another oral selective estrogen degrader available? Breastcancer.org medical advisor Dr. Kevin Fox explains the details of the studies and what th…
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Triple-Negative Breast Cancer and the TRIM37 Protein
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22:12It’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 with this type of breast cancer, Black women are also more than twice as likely to die from the disease than women of other races and ethnicities. Researchers have been studying a number of factors that…
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