Latest Cancerresearch Podcast Episodes
A Must Read: A Patient's Guide to Bladder Cancer
Bladder Cancer Matters - June 18, 2024 17:14 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratingsIn this episode of "Bladder Cancer Matters," host Rick Bangs interviews Dr. Khurshid Guru, Chair of the Department of Urology at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and a pioneer in robotic-assisted bladder cancer surgery. Dr. Guru discusses his popular book, "A Patient’s Guide to Bladder C...
Bringing Better Cancer Care Back Home
Your Stories: Conquering Cancer - June 18, 2024 09:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsFor Dr. Kekoa Taparra, cancer is deeply personal. Growing up in a remote area of Oahu, Hawaii, Dr. Taparra witnessed his younger cousin’s struggles with neuroblastoma. He watched his mother lift and carry his aunt, too weak to walk because of breast cancer. He heard the sharp cries of another...
Back to Life: Frank's Radical Cystectomy Recovery
Bladder Cancer Matters - June 04, 2024 05:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratingsTune in to the Bladder Cancer Matters podcast for an inspiring and heartfelt conversation with Frank Sadowski, a survivor of muscle-invasive bladder cancer and neobladder recipient. Frank shares his gripping journey from diagnosis to recovery, revealing the raw challenges he faced, including en...
What You Need to Know About Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma
Bladder Cancer Matters - May 23, 2024 19:15 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratingsIn this captivating episode of the Bladder Cancer Matters podcast, host Rick Bangs delves into the intricacies of upper tract urothelial carcinoma with renowned experts Dr. Jeannie Hoffman-Censits and Dr. Phil Pierorazio. Together, they explore the complexities of diagnosing and treating this c...
Why Hasn’t Cancer Been Cured?
Your Stories: Conquering Cancer - May 21, 2024 09:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsNot only does cancer predate the practice of medicine, but it may also predate the human species entirely. In 2016, archeologists in South Africa unearthed a large 1.7 million years-old bone fragment, ultimately revealed to be the toe bone of an ancient but unknown species of human dating back...
Journey to Recovery: Howard L.’s Battle with Bladder Cancer and Alcoholism
Bladder Cancer Matters - May 08, 2024 18:42 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratingsTune in to Episode 70 of Bladder Cancer Matters podcast in which Howard L., a bladder cancer survivor and recovering alcoholic, candidly shares his inspiring journey. Howard discusses his battle with alcoholism, the pivotal role Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) played in his recovery, and his challengi...
Breaking Boundaries: AI’s Promise in Bladder Cancer Care
Bladder Cancer Matters - April 22, 2024 14:49 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratingsJoin us on the Bladder Cancer Matters podcast as host Rick Bangs interviews Dr. Bishoy Faltas, director of Bladder Cancer Research at the Englander Institute of Precision Medicine at Weill Cornell. Dive into the transformative role of artificial intelligence (AI) in diagnosing and treating bladd...
Stopping the Stigma
Your Stories: Conquering Cancer - April 16, 2024 09:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsWhat do esophageal cancer, testicular cancer, lung cancer, cervical cancer, and colon cancer have in common? Each carries some type of stigma or taboo—whether because they’re linked to behavioral causes or because they affect portions of the anatomy traditionally deemed private. The impact of th...
Pioneering Progress in BCG Treatments: An Interview with Dr. Donald Lamm
Bladder Cancer Matters - April 02, 2024 15:03 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratingsJoin us for an enlightening episode of Bladder Cancer Matters with Dr. Donald Lamm, a trailblazer in bladder cancer treatment and the driving force behind the groundbreaking Lamm Protocol. Discover the journey of BCG immunotherapy from its inception in the 1970s to becoming a the gold standard i...
A Collaborative Approach to an Uncommon Cancer
Your Stories: Conquering Cancer - March 19, 2024 09:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsImagine receiving a cancer diagnosis, only to immediately learn that not only has it spread to other parts of your body, but it’s also incredibly rare for it do so—so rare, in fact, that little to no research exists to inform your treatment. Katie Coleman doesn’t need to imagine this: She’s li...
The Advantages of Shared Decisionmaking in Bladder Cancer Treatment with Dr. Aditya Bagrodia
Bladder Cancer Matters - March 19, 2024 05:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratingsJoin Dr. Aditya Bagrodia, a urologic oncologist, on Episode 67 of the Bladder Cancer Matters podcast as he unveils the power of shared decision making in bladder cancer care. Learn why involving patients and caregivers in treatment choices, rooted in their values and informed by expert insight...
Unbreakable Spirit: Conquering Bladder Cancer with Dean Karrel
Bladder Cancer Matters - March 13, 2024 14:28 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratingsDive into Dean Karrel's powerful journey as a bladder cancer survivor, from his initial diagnosis to life after a radical cystectomy, in Episode 66 of Bladder Cancer Matters. Dean shares the symptoms that led to his life-changing diagnosis, the resilience he maintained through treatments that fa...
Where Should I Be Treated? Large Academic Institutions or Community Hospitals?
Bladder Cancer Matters - March 05, 2024 19:28 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratingsIn this episode of Bladder Cancer Matters, host Rick Bangs chats with Dr. Elizabeth Guancial, a medical oncologist at Florida Cancer Specialists in Sarasota, Florida. They discuss the differences between receiving bladder cancer care in academic medical centers and community hospitals. Dr. Gua...
A Behind the Scenes Look: BCAN Interview Host Rick Bangs
Bladder Cancer Matters - February 23, 2024 14:46 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratingsIn this riveting episode of the Bladder Cancer Matters podcast, Mark Story sits down with Rick Bangs, the podcast's host and a muscle-invasive bladder cancer survivor. Dive deep into Rick's personal battle with bladder cancer and uncover the critical role of patient advocacy in shaping research....
The Woman Whose Cells Lived On
Your Stories: Conquering Cancer - February 20, 2024 10:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsHenrietta Lacks: Her name is forever intertwined with Black history and medicine. Her cells are the source of the world’s first immortalized human cell line. Without her consent, her biological material was used to make groundbreaking advancements in research in a wide range of conditions and ...
Part 3: A Conversation with Bill, a Bladder Cancer Patient, and the Doctor Who Treated Him
Bladder Cancer Matters - February 13, 2024 19:49 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratingsIn Part 3 of this Bladder Cancer Matters podcast, host Rick Bangs continues his conversation with Bill Robertson, a bladder cancer survivor, and Dr. Vikram Narayan, an assistant professor in the Department of Urology at Emory University School of Medicine. They discuss the challenges and adjustm...
Part 2: A Conversation with Bill, a Bladder Cancer Patient, and the Doctor Who Treated Him
Bladder Cancer Matters - February 13, 2024 19:27 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratingsIn Part 2 of 3 in this Bladder Cancer Matters podcast, host Rick Bangs continues his conversation with Bill Robertson, a bladder cancer survivor, and Dr. Vikram Narayan, an assistant professor in the Department of Urology at Emory University School of Medicine. They discuss the difficult dec...
A Conversation with Bill, a Bladder Cancer Patient, and the Doctor Who Treated Him
Bladder Cancer Matters - February 13, 2024 19:15 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratingsIn Part 1 of a three part "Bladder Cancer Matters" podcast, join host Rick Bangs as he engages in an enlightening conversation with bladder cancer survivor, Bill Robertson, and Dr. Vikram Narayan of Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Narayan is Bill’s urologist and helped him navigate the...
What is a Rare Bladder Cancer Tumor?
Bladder Cancer Matters - January 29, 2024 15:58 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratingsIn this episode of Bladder Cancer Matters, host Rick Bangs talks with Dr. Philippe Spiess, a Genitourinary Oncologist and Assistant Chief of Surgical Services at the Moffitt Cancer Center as they discuss rare cancers. Dr. Spiess explains that rare cancers are defined as those with an incidence...
Using Immunotherapy to Treat Bladder Cancer
Bladder Cancer Matters - January 16, 2024 18:28 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratingsIn Episode 61 of Bladder Cancer Matters, Dr. Brendan Guercio, a medical oncologist and assistant professor at the University of Rochester Medical Center, discusses the use of immunotherapy in the treatment of bladder cancer. He explains that immunotherapy works by training the immune system...
“So Much to Do”
Your Stories: Conquering Cancer - January 16, 2024 10:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsLong before he was a world-renowned neurosurgeon, Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa was a 5-year-old boy selling food at gas stations in his native Mexico. But he wanted to dream bigger: At 19, he left his native Mexico in hopes of a better future. Despite speaking little English and having no mon...
A Boulder Approach to Conquering Cancer
Your Stories: Conquering Cancer - December 19, 2023 09:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsAthlete, professional climber, reality show participant, competitor, physician, and cancer survivor: Favia Dubyk embodies the definition of conqueror. But facing advanced-stage lymphoma during her second year of medical school caused a major setback in Favia’s athletic life. Surgical treatment...
What is Metastatic Bladder Cancer? with Dr. Arlene Siefker-Radtke
Bladder Cancer Matters - December 12, 2023 16:37 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratingsIn this episode of the Bladder Cancer Matters podcast, host Rick Bangs interviews Dr. Arlene Siefker-Radtke, a medical oncologist and professor at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. They discuss metastatic bladder cancer and the importance of defining choosing the right targets ...
Co-Survivors, Part 2
Your Stories: Conquering Cancer - November 21, 2023 09:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsBy the time internet-comedy power-couple Kristin (“Lady Glaucomflecken”) and Will Flanary (“Dr. Glaucomflecken”) were 35, Will had survived cancer twice, along with a sudden cardiac arrest. Throughout these traumatic experiences, Kristin took on the role of caregiver. In at least one case, she...
Alan: My Life as a Bladder Cancer Survivor
Bladder Cancer Matters - November 14, 2023 19:23 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratingsIn Episode 59 of Bladder Cancer Matters, host Rick Bangs talks with Alan Lifton, a survivor of muscle invasive bladder cancer. Alan shares his journey and experiences and discusses his diagnosis, treatment, and choice of urinary diversion (ileal conduit). He also highlights the importance of s...
What Does It Mean to be a Bladder Cancer Survivor?
Bladder Cancer Matters - November 01, 2023 16:32 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratingsIn this episode of Bladder Cancer Matters, host Rick Bangs interviews Mary Dunn, MSN, NP-C, OCN, RN of the University of North Carolina. Mary is a nurse practitioner and co-chair of the BCAN Survivorship Task Force. They discuss the definition of a cancer survivor, the concept of survivorship...
Everything You Need to Know About Bladder Preservation with Dr. Leslie Ballas
Bladder Cancer Matters - October 20, 2023 18:13 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratingsIn Episode 57 of Bladder Cancer Matters, host Rick Bangs talks with Dr. Leslie Ballas of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center about a topic on the minds of many patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer: keeping their bladders. Even when the cancer has penetrated the bladder wall, can bladders still...
Thinking Pink and Beyond
Your Stories: Conquering Cancer - October 17, 2023 08:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsYou’ve seen them: the pink ribbons pinned to your senator’s suit jacket. Runners dressed in head-to-toe pink athletic gear, racing for a cure. Football players streaking down the field in pink cleats. It wasn’t always like this. Long before people began thinking pink, breast cancer remained f...
Which Type of Chemo Is Best When Facing a Radical Cystectomy? with Dr. Matthew Galsky
Bladder Cancer Matters - October 06, 2023 18:03 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratingsIn Episode 56 of Bladder Cancer Matters, host Rick Bangs talks with Dr. Matthew Galsky, a medical oncologist who specializes in treating bladder cancer patients, about advancing new treatments for bladder cancer through clinical development and investigating the gap between the efficacy and real...
From Chickens and Ice Cream to Clinical Trials
Your Stories: Conquering Cancer - September 19, 2023 08:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsAs a little girl, Kenedi loves eating ice cream, drawing stories about her family’s chickens, and playing with her sister. But at age 7, after feeling sick for some time, a cancer diagnosis upended Kenedi’s life. Despite being the top disease-related cause of death for children, pediatric ca...
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