Our MBC Life
157 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago -From SHARE Cancer Support this is Our MBC Life. A podcast dedicated to exploring life with metastatic breast cancer from the perspective of us, the people living with this disease, and the experts who partner with us to help make our lives better. So glad you’re here since no one should face MBC alone. New episodes available every other Monday and join us on the last Friday of the month for our Trailblazer series. Send your voice memos, ideas, and questions to [email protected] and visit us at www.ourmbclife.org.
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S08 E04 MBC Care in the Middle of Nowhere
April 17, 2024 12:00 - 58 minutes - 40 MBDid you know that in the US rural communities have lower cancer rates but higher death rates from cancer? Did you know that only 3% of medical oncologists practice in rural communities? When it comes to cancer, living in a rural area puts people at a disadvantage. They face limited access to quality healthcare, long travel times, and low recruitment to clinical trials, all of which affect quality of care and health outcomes. Join our producers Stephanie Walker and Martha Carlson, along...
S08 E03 PI(3)King the Right Target
April 03, 2024 12:00 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MBThe landscape of medication to treat ER+, HER2 negative or low is changing rapidly as patients experience progression on CDK4/6 inhibitors and look for next steps. Now that biomarker testing is more readily available (both tissue and liquid), there are more options particularly in the PI3 kinase pathway. In this episode we will discuss biomarker testing, the PI3 kinase pathway, and an exciting new patient initiative, the PIK3CA Pathbreakers.
S08 E02 Report Back From SABCS 2023: Spotlight on the Latest in MBC
March 20, 2024 13:00 - 52 minutes - 36.3 MBToday we are bringing you a special episode that we created in partnership with SHARE Cancer Support. It’s an audio version of a live webinar that was done this past February called Report back from San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium 2023. SABCS is the world’s leading breast cancer research meeting where scientists, patient advocates, and others dedicated to working in the field of cancer gather. In this podcast, Dr. Timothy Pluard, director of the Saint Luke’s Koontz Center for Advanced B...
S08 E01 Remembering Natalia
March 06, 2024 13:00 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MBWe wanted to start this season with an episode dedicated to our friend and team member, Natalia Green. Natalia passed away from MBC at the age of 39 on November 29, 2023. She was an integral part of the podcast team, having been a senior producer/host and right-hand woman to Lisa Laudico, our founder. She became involved in the podcast through her advocacy work, starting first after her early-stage breast cancer diagnosis, then becoming more involved in the metastatic breast cancer community...
TJT #4: Finding the Joy in Celebrations
December 21, 2023 13:00 - 17 minutes - 12.3 MBThe winter holidays are here, bringing all the joyful festivities with them. I thought this might be a great time to chat a bit about the joy of celebrations - the good, the bad, and the ugly. I know many of us right now are scurrying around with the Christmas and New Year holidays at the top of our mind, but today I’d like to spend more of our focus, not only on the typical winter holidays, but on all the myriad of celebrations we encounter in our lives. We will reflect on how we love them,...
S07 E09 Traveling with MBC: Tales & Tips
December 20, 2023 13:00 - 52 minutes - 36.1 MBFor many of us living with MBC, travel provides a much-needed respite from the day-to-day realities of living with our disease. But balancing trips with treatment and side effects can be challenging. In this episode, you'll hear from members of the OMBCL team, along with some remarkable MBC frequent flyers as they share places they’ve been, the places they want to go, and the advice they have for those times when a journey really is a journey. We hope you’ll find inspiration and encouragemen...
S07 E08 Understanding Progression: How to Identify & Treat ESR1 Mutations in HR+ MBC
December 15, 2023 22:00 - 54 minutes - 37.3 MBNew therapeutic options are now available for HR+ MBC. Dr. Virginia Kaklamani will discuss endocrine therapy resistance, liquid biopsy/blood test, mutations, and treatment sequencing of targeted therapy. You will learn about oral selective estrogen receptor degraders (SERDS), clinical trials, and more.
S07 E07 mTNBC Unicorns: Living In Contradiction
November 29, 2023 13:00 - 53 minutes - 36.6 MBResearch for triple negative breast cancer is growing, but current treatments still continue to fail the vast majority of people living with triple negative MBC. Data from the National Cancer Institute gives a five-year relative survival of only 12.8% of women diagnosed with triple negative MBC. Those women have what's called an exceptional response to treatment; more simply, we call them “unicorns” – beings that can bring wonder & hope. The stories of well-known triple negative MBC unicor...
S07 E06 Tony Laudico: One Year Without Lisa
November 15, 2023 13:00 - 59 minutes - 40.8 MBLisa Manning and Tony Laudico met in Tokyo, Japan where they were both working at the time. It was a serendipitous encounter of a Canadian and an American, and the beginning of their version of a modern fairy tale romance. They lived happily for 27 years in many countries around the globe and made thousands of memories with their extended families, friends and two wonderful sons. But unlike many fairy tales that end when a couple dies on the same day after a long life together, Tony and L...
TJT #3: Gratitude and it's Importance on Living a Joyful Life
November 09, 2023 14:00 - 14 minutes - 10 MBWith the holiday season fast approaching, it is a great time to talk about gratitude and how important it is to have a joyful life. Making gratitude a part of your life, just like breathing, is such a huge help if you are searching for joy. But you can't just conjure up a life lived in gratitude. Unlike being thankful, which exists in the mind, gratitude is an appreciation that comes from the heart. It has to be cultivated and practiced. Today's 'Think Joy Thursday' explores ways to do this ...
S07 E05 Young Adults & MBC
November 01, 2023 12:00 - 52 minutes - 35.9 MBYoung Adults & MBC is an episode that explores the lives of those diagnosed under the age of 40 with Stage IV breast cancer. First up, our Senior Producer, Natalia Green, interviews Angelica Valadez, initially diagnosed with early stage breast cancer in 2020 then diagnosed with MBC in 2022. Next, she interviews Sooz Stever, a YSC State Leader for Utah diagnosed with early stage TNBC in 2016 and MBC ally, dedicated to improving the lives of those living with metastatic breast cancer. We’ll di...
Episode 7 Meditation Mondays with Barbara Chutroo (12:10 min)
October 23, 2023 10:00 - 15 minutes - 10.4 MBWelcome to the episode 7 of our Meditation Mondays series, created with MBC patients in mind. In today's meditation, we will be focusing on our life and the 10,000 joys and the 10,000 sorrows that have passed through it and all of our lives Sit back and prepare to become calm and relaxed for the next 12 minutes Inspired by a very enthusiastic response to monthly meditation sessions from one of SHARE’s MBC support groups. These sessions are on average under 20 minutes long. Our meditati...
S07 E04 We Remember
October 18, 2023 12:00 - 52 minutes - 36.1 MBEach October, Our MBC Life marks Breast Cancer Awareness month with a special episode dedicated to all those who died from metastatic breast cancer over the past year. But one podcast can’t begin to encompass and reflect the true toll of all of the lives cut short by this ruthless and terminal disease. Here’s the hard truth about MBC, according to advocacy and research organization Metavivor: In the US alone, an estimated 42,360 women and 530 men will die from the disease in 2023—117 per d...
TJT #2: What's Perspective Got to Do With It?
October 12, 2023 12:00 - 17 minutes - 11.7 MBOn this episode of Think Joy Thursday, we will be exploring the relationship between perspective and joy. Choosing the way you look at the world is a major key in having a joyful life. You can learn that it is possible to hold joy and sorrow in the same hand by using perspective. It’s not always easy to do this, so we will explore ways to incorporate perspective into your life, as well as some tips and tricks to make it become your go-to reaction when confronted with difficult situations.
S07 E03 Living & Aging with MBC: Dr. Rachel Freedman & Patient Experiences
October 04, 2023 12:00 - 59 minutes - 40.7 MBThis episode of our podcast is about and with a very special group of MBC patients. This group is increasing in numbers and yet it is underrepresented in clinical research, and its unique needs are not well understood. In fact, we don’t even agree on what to call this group - aging, elderly, older adults, geriatrics. We are talking about those of us who are living with metastatic breast cancer and are over 65 years old. Did you know that breast cancer has the highest incidence in the aging ...
Episode 6: Meditation Mondays with Barbara Chutroo (18:50 min)
September 27, 2023 02:00 - 21 minutes - 14.7 MBWelcome to the episode 6 of our Meditation Mondays series, created with MBC patients in mind. In today's meditation, we will be focusing on how in meditation we're listening to ourselves and finding space to open up and offer ourselves the attention and the care. Sit back and prepare to become calm and relaxed for the next 19 minutes Inspired by a very enthusiastic response to monthly meditation sessions from one of SHARE’s MBC support groups. These sessions are on average under 20 min...
Report Back From ASCO 2023: What’s the Latest News in MBC Research?
September 20, 2023 12:00 - 51 minutes - 35.1 MBToday we’re bringing you a very special podcast episode that we create every year in partnership with SHARE Cancer Support called “Report Back From ASCO”, a webinar that occurred earlier this summer. ASCO, or the American Society for Clinical Oncology, is the world's leading professional organization for physicians and oncology professionals. The society organizes an annual meeting that serves as a platform for sharing the latest advancements in oncology research, clinical practice, and trea...
TJT #1: The Difference Between Joy and Happiness
September 14, 2023 12:00 - 17 minutes - 11.8 MBWelcome to the Think Joy Thursday series, created to help not just MBC patients, but anyone dealing with difficult situations, learn tools to put into practice to help achieve a happier mindset. On this episode, we will be exploring the difference between happiness and joy. We will share some scientific research that has been done to determine if we are pre-disposed to being joyful and will delve into ways to help you spot true joy. We will explore how to have joy even if you are experienci...
Cancer Al Desnudo: Inmunoterapia y Nuevas Estrategias
September 08, 2023 13:00 - 24 minutes - 16.9 MBThis is a pilot episode brought to you in part by LatinaSHARE, meant for those needing resources and information about MBC in Spanish. Below you can read the episode's description in both Spanish and English: Únase a nosotros para darle la bienvenida una vez más al Dr. Jesús D. Anampa MD, oncólogo médico en el Centro Montefiore Einstein para la Atención del Cáncer. En su presentación nos enseñará sobre inmunoterapia, así como nuevas estrategias utilizadas para el tratamiento del cáncer de s...
S07 E01 Trailblazer: Roberta Lombardi and Infinite Strength
September 06, 2023 11:00 - 50 minutes - 34.6 MBWhen Roberta Lombardi, a Connecticut mom of three, heard her diagnosis of early-stage triple-positive breast cancer, she had 14 months of treatment but found herself changed after the experience. She formed a nonprofit, Infinite Strength, to support breast cancer patients of all stages but she quickly pivoted toward the lives of moms with metastatic breast cancer: Specifically, single mothers of kids under 18, with financial need and MBC. The need is great and the response has been as well. ...
Episode 5: Meditation Mondays with Barbara Chutroo (15:43 min)
September 04, 2023 10:00 - 16 minutes - 11.6 MBWelcome to the episode 5 of our Meditation Mondays series, created with MBC patients in mind. In today's meditation, we will be focusing on having a sense of being in community, having the support of the community. Sit back and prepare to become calm and relaxed for the next 16 minutes Inspired by a very enthusiastic response to monthly meditation sessions from one of SHARE’s MBC support groups, this episode is our third in the series of meditation sessions recorded over the last year....
OMBCL Shorts #2 Dr. Erika Hamilton with Top Takeaways from ASCO23
August 14, 2023 10:00 - 21 minutes - 15.1 MBWelcome to our second episode of the Summer 23 season. Awhile back we introduced the new series under the brand #OMBCLShorts. As the title implies, these are shorter episodes. Our second OMBCL Shorts features Dr. Erika Hamilton answering questions about her top takeaways from ASCO23. In this 20-minute interview we covered important updates on the CDK4/6 inhibitors for both early-stage and metastatic breast cancer, as well as research on a new HER3 ADC and the first AKT inhibitor for...
SS23 E01 MBC Life: Quakes, Aftershocks, and Hope
August 03, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 41.9 MBWelcome to the Our MBC Life Summer Season 2023. In this episode Victoria Goldberg is joined by clinical psychologist and author Sarah Mandel to discuss her beautiful, honest, and thoughtful memoir Little Earthquakes and her insights into life and death, trauma and healing. parenting and hope. When Sarah was pregnant with her second child, her daughter Sienna, she began preparing for her maternity leave, juggling the demands of her soon-to-be-new baby and her little daughter Sophie with...
Episode 4: Meditation Mondays with Barbara Chutroo (19:10 min)
July 17, 2023 11:00 - 20 minutes - 14.4 MBWelcome to the episode 4 of our Meditation Mondays series, created with MBC patients in mind. Being with the truth of whatever is here in this moment with compassion and without judgement and knowing that we're not any one thing because we are constantly changing, is at the heart of this practice. Join us! As we say at the start of every meditation session, sit back and prepare to become calm and relaxed for the next 19 minutes Inspired by a very enthusiastic response to monthly medit...
S06 E11 Living in the Public Eye with MBC: An Interview with Kelly Crump
June 28, 2023 11:00 - 39 minutes - 27.3 MBIn today’s episode, Anne Woodward sits down with a special guest to discuss the in’s and outs of having MBC while living in the public eye. Get ready folks you are not going to want to miss hearing from Kelly Crump. She is the first ever sports illustrated swimsuit model photographed while posing on a picturesque beach in a gorgeous swimsuit with a mastectomy scar for all the world to see. In this incredible interview Kelly explains how she embraced social media to live out loud and in doing...
Episode 3: Meditation Mondays with Barbara Chutroo
June 19, 2023 05:00 - 20 minutes - 14.3 MBWelcome to the Meditation Mondays series, created with MBC patients in mind and designed for people who want to assist their body's natural tendency to repair and heal. It's not a substitute for medical treatment, but a compliment to it. Inspired by a very enthusiastic response to monthly meditation sessions from one of SHARE’s MBC support groups, this episode is our third in the series of meditation sessions recorded over the last year. These sessions are on average 20-25 minutes long. O...
OMBCL Shorts #1: Dr. Stephanie Graff & Her Steps For Those Newly Diagnosed with MBC
June 17, 2023 20:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MBIntroducing OMBCL Shorts! This new feature of our podcast brings you memorable outtakes from the amazing interviews we do with people living with MBC and the many incredible people who support us. Our inaugural OMBCL Shorts features Dr. Stephanie Graff talking about what she does when someone is newly diagnosed with MBC. This season, we had a 3-part series for people newly diagnosed and we couldn't resist getting her take on the topic. And we're so glad we asked! Listen in, enjoy, and let us...
S06 E10 The Rising Rates of BC & MBC in Young Women, Including Pregnancy & Post-Partum Diagnoses
June 14, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 47.8 MBIf you don't hear much about the rising rates of all stages of breast cancer, including MBC, in young women, you're not alone. De novo MBC rates (when Stage 4 MBC is found at the first diagnosis) are rising "exponentially", and fastest among women between the ages of 25 and 39, but not in older women. These trends are alarming to researchers. Perhaps most shocking of all: half of young women diagnosed with breast cancer under 45 have a postpartum diagnosis, defined as being within 10 years f...
S06 E09 Recent Advances, Controversies, and Emerging Trends in MBC
May 31, 2023 11:00 - 59 minutes - 40.6 MBIn 2021, the estimated number of women in the United States living with metastatic breast cancer rose to about 168,000 from 155,000 the year before, according to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. The good news is that survival rates are also climbing, Over the last 20 years, advances in HER2 targeting treatments, ADCs, immune checkpoint inhibitors, and CDK4/6 inhibitors have prolonged survival and changed the breast cancer treatment landscape. New treatment paradigms and advances inva...
Episode 2: Meditation Mondays with Barbara Chutroo
May 22, 2023 20:00 - 21 minutes - 14.6 MBWelcome to the Meditation Mondays series, created with MBC patients in mind and designed for people who want to assist their body's natural tendency to repair and heal. It's not a substitute for medical treatment, but a compliment to it. Inspired by a very enthusiastic response to monthly meditation sessions from one of SHARE’s MBC support groups, this episode is our second in the series of meditation sessions recorded over the last year. These sessions are on average 20-25 minutes long. O...
S06 E08 Living Alone with MBC
May 17, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 47.3 MBLiving with metastatic breast cancer is hard enough, but for those who are single or do not have a primary caregiver, living alone with MBC can be especially challenging. Even if you're used to being independent, having cancer and going through treatment when you live alone raises many challenges. Making space for all that you are feeling & managing the practical things of day to day may sometimes feel overwhelming but with some extra planning and working out who can support you, it is poss...
S06 E07 Newly Diagnosed with MBC: Tests, Terms, & Tips with Dr. Rebecca Shatsky
May 03, 2023 12:00 - 58 minutes - 40.4 MBThe first days, weeks, and months after being diagnosed with MBC can feel like you’ve been dropped into a dangerous and alien landscape, one whose inhabitants speak a new and confusing language. Numb and bewildered, you face a mountain of medical decisions—each of them seemingly high stakes. If that sounds all too familiar, take a deep breath. Our goal for this third episode in our 3-part series for newly diagnosed patients is to help our listeners: 1. Understand the Basics of their diagn...
S06 E06 Newly Diagnosed & Trailblazing: An Interview with Michelle Anderson-Benjamin
April 26, 2023 12:00 - 44 minutes - 30.4 MBCandid and emotional, this interview with Michelle Anderson-Benjamin, who was diagnosed first with early-stage breast cancer during the pandemic and then, soon after completing treatment, with metastatic breast cancer, brings our 3-episode series for those newly diagnosed with MBC into the realm of advocacy. Michelle shares her experiences as a health care professional who looked around and found that not only were resources lacking, her own doctors couldn't show her how her path might look...
S06 E05 Newly Diagnosed with MBC: Keeping Your Balance on the Emotional Rollercoaster
April 19, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 51.8 MBHearing the words “you have metastatic breast cancer” is devastating. Whether your diagnosis comes de novo or months, years, or even decades after treatment for early-stage breast cancer, there is no way to prepare for the terror, anger, despair, and sense of freefall that follows. It’s no wonder that the phrase “emotional rollercoaster” comes up so often when MBC patients describe the experience. OMBCL co-hosts Nancy Roylance and Ashley Fernandez sat down with oncology social worker Lisa N...
Episode 1: Meditation Mondays with Barbara Chutroo
April 17, 2023 22:00 - 19 minutes - 13.5 MBWelcome to the Meditation Mondays series, created with MBC patients in mind and designed for people who want to assist their body's natural tendency to repair and heal. It's not a substitute for medical treatment, but a compliment to it. More and more people find that using their minds in this way helps them relax, feel stronger. And it seems that when you take a more active role in your health, you generally feel better and do better. Inspired by a very enthusiastic response to monthly med...
S06 E04 MBC Advocacy: Finding Purpose in Adversity
April 05, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 51.8 MBA diagnosis of Stage IV Metastatic Breast Cancer is typically the (or one of the) most significant traumas a person and their loved ones will experience. Rather than an immediate death sentence, strides in cancer medication and research means that many will live for years after receiving this terminal diagnosis. Thus, patients and their families may begin to wonder, "what do I/we do with the time afforded to me?" and “How can I/we help others living with MBC now and in the future?” One ans...
S06 E03 Review of 2022: Best in MBC with Dr. Hamilton
March 29, 2023 11:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MBIn this episode of our Road To A Cure series, we talk with oncologist and researcher Dr. Erika Hamilton about the practice-changing developments of the past 15 months. This is a timely discussion as research continues to catch up to need in our lives with metastatic breast cancer. 2022 brought the big news that an anti-body drug conjugate, Enhertu, was delivering results in people with what was then known as HER2-negative breast cancer. Suddenly the term HER2-Low was everywhere. Of course,...
S06 E02 LBBC: Silent Voices No Longer
March 15, 2023 12:00 - 50 minutes - 35 MBOur guest today is Jean Sachs, Chief Executive Officer of Living Beyond Breast Cancer, who’s overseen and grown the impact of LBBC for nearly three decades. She joined LBBC in 1996 as its first Executive Director and was named CEO in 2008. During that time, LBBC has become a national force in breast cancer patient support and action. Jean’s focus on inclusivity, whether by race, age, geographic location, gender, has meant that LBBC is among the most welcoming patient-focused nonprofit organi...
S06 E01 Meditation, Mindfulness and MBC: Finding Your Inner Calm
March 01, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 53 MBInspired by a very enthusiastic response to monthly meditation sessions from one of Share’s MBC support groups, this episode kicks off our plan to post these recorded mediation sessions on the OMBCL website. April Pichon, Oncology social worker at Houston Methodists Cancer Center, and Barbara Chutroo, long-time meditator and social worker, join OMBCL co-hosts Nancy Roylance, Victoria Goldberg and Miranda Gonzales in an exploration of how meditation and mindfulness can help MBC patients fin...
S05 E10 Laughter as Medicine
December 14, 2022 10:00 - 52 minutes - 35.9 MBBreast cancer is no laughing matter, but that does not keep our guests in this episode from using and sharing humor to cope with their diagnosis. For our first guest, NYC actress and comedian Jenny Saldaña, a life-changing diagnosis spurred her to write the play “Pink,” a dramedy that includes some of the more humorous moments of life with breast cancer. Khevin Barnes, who lost his first wife to ovarian cancer and then was diagnosed with breast cancer himself, was inspired to write a son...
S05 E09 - Systemic Racism and MBC in Clinical Trials
November 30, 2022 10:00 - 59 minutes - 41.1 MBWhen it comes to metastatic breast cancer, clinical trials are the way we find new drugs, better therapeutic targets, and, hopefully, more time. There are many issues with how clinical trials are designed, who they recruit and who is excluded, but one of the most difficult to confront at least here in the US has been the failure of the entire system to address how Black women and men with MBC are so much less likely than non-Black patients to be on a clinical trial. Systemic racism has man...
S05 E08 - ASCO 2022: When The Dust Settles, What Are My Treatment Options For ER+/HER2- MBC?
November 23, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 43.4 MBWelcome to to the second part of our post–ASCO analysis of the state of affairs in hormone receptor-positive MBC. It was not so long ago that the only options for this most common subset of breast cancer were single agent endocrine therapy and systemic chemo. We have come a long way over the last couple of decades. Today we are asking Drs. Stephanie Graff, Sara Hurvitz, and Kevin Kalinsky to talk about how they make decisions in the clinic on how to select and order treatments, specific...
S05 E07 - FES/Cerianna Screening for Estrogen Positive MBC
November 16, 2022 10:00 - 41 minutes - 28.3 MBCerianna is an FDA approved molecular imaging agent that has the ability to tell the doctor the receptor status of all the tumors—essentially creating a “whole-body" picture of estrogen receptor (ER) positive lesions in recurrent or metastatic breast cancer (MBC). The ability of physicians to more precisely “visualize” the disease may be instructive in determining the most appropriate course of treatment. Cerianna is administered as a single intravenous injection, and then imaged using a Pos...
S05 E06 - Caregivers: We Can't Do This Without You!
November 09, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 47.5 MBNot only is our Caregivers episode during National Family Caregiver Month, but it’s also our 100th episode! Join us as Our MBC Life salutes all the people in our lives whose love, care, friendship, compassion, humor and resilience brings comfort, meaning and joy into our days. In this episode, three of them share an intimate perspective on what’s it like to be a caregiver. First, William Roth talks with co-hosts Natalia Green and Ashley Fernandez about his experience as a caregiver for his ...
S05 E05 - ASCO 2022: When the Dust Settles, Will ADCs Change MBC?
November 02, 2022 09:00 - 57 minutes - 39.4 MBWhile the DESTINY-Breast04 trial, which earned a standing ovation as a practice-changing study for treatment of HER2-low MBC garnered most of the headlines from the ASCO (America Society of Clinical Oncologists) annual meeting in June, it was not the only reason for optimism. In this episode, the first of a two-part series, Our MBC Life’s Victoria Goldberg and Lynda Weatherby continue to explore what the research shared at ASCO means for us, the patients living with MBC. You’ll hear from...
S05 E04 - We Remember
October 26, 2022 09:00 - 40 minutes - 27.9 MB'We Remember' honors all who died from metastatic breast cancer over the past year—parents, children, spouses and partners. It gives voice to both the grief and the love that endures after each death. To live with a metastatic diagnosis or to be a caregiver, friend, or loved one of someone with MBC is to inhabit a community of loss. Both demand that you confront and live with the reality of mortality, all the while balancing fear with hope, and profound sorrow with joy. Produced by Nata...
S05 E03 - Dr. Shanu Modi: How to Get a Standing Ovation at ASCO?
October 19, 2022 09:00 - 58 minutes - 40.1 MBThe short answer to our title question is that you present a clinical trial that’s a game-changer for treating metastatic breast cancer. That’s what happened in June when Shanu Modi, MD, medical oncologist and attending physician at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, shared the results of the DESTINY-Breast04 trial at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting. MSK’s Dr. Shanu Modi, principal investigator on the DESTINY-Breast04 trial, talks with the Our Metastatic Life team a...
S05 E02 - MBC 101: The HER2-Low Show
October 12, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 41.9 MBThe biggest news out of the June meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) was the success of a relatively new drug called Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan) in treating estrogen positive (ER+) and triple negative (TNBC) breast cancers that were also HER2 low. Results of the clinical trial presented at the meeting were so positive that in August the FDA approved the drug for patients with metastatic HER2 low breast cancer that has progressed on other treatments. Most of us l...
S05 E01 - The Legacy of Lisa Laudico
October 05, 2022 13:00 - 42 minutes - 29.5 MBOn August 6, Lisa Laudico, the creator and driving force behind the podcast series, died peacefully at the age of 56, surrounded by her family. It was an enormous loss for the MBC community, felt nowhere more keenly than among the Our MBC Life team and Share staff and volunteers. In this episode of our podcast, Lisa’s friends, family, and colleagues remember her amazing life—and celebrate the many ways she fostered connection, resilience, and hope throughout the MBC community. “Lisa was a n...
S05 E00 - Season 5: Interviews, MBC101, Giveaways, and Much More…
October 03, 2022 09:00 - 14 minutes - 10.2 MBIntroducing Season 5 of the Our MBC Life Podcast. The podcast's senior producers and co-hosts Victoria Goldberg and Natalia Green join Anne Woodward in a conversation about the upcoming season 5 of the podcast and some new things the team is doing and exciting details for very special giveaways for the Our MBC Life merchandise. The podcast team is still grieving the passing of its founder Lisa Laudico, and this season is dedicated to her. It was her desire that this podcast continue ...