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A Vietnam Veterans Who Faced Bladder Cancer with Jim Scott

Bladder Cancer Matters - November 11, 2022 05:01 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratings
In Episode 36 of "Bladder Cancer Matters," host Rick Bangs talks with BCAN patient advocate and bladder cancer survivor, James "Jim" Scott. Jim was diagnosed with bladder cancer in 2015 and is an active BCAN patient advocate, on the Patient Advisory Panel of the World Bladder Cancer Patient Coal...

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The DESTINY of Breast Cancer Care

Your Stories: Conquering Cancer - October 21, 2022 13:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
Dr. Shanu Modi led DESTINY-Breast04, a groundbreaking study that resulted in FDA approval of a promising treatment that can improve survival for nearly 50% of all patients with metastatic breast cancer today. This Conquer Cancer grant recipient talks about the importance of patient participation...

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Palliative Care and Bladder Cancer Patients with Dr. Lee Hugar

Bladder Cancer Matters - October 18, 2022 04:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratings
In Episode 35 of "Bladder Cancer Matters," host Rick Bangs talks with Dr. Lee Hugar of Lexington Urology at Lexington Medical Center in Columbia, South Carolina. Dr. Hugar is recognized nationally as an advocate for incorporating palliative care into urologic care, maximizing both cancer control...

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Bladder Cancer and Ostomies with Wound and Ostomy Nurse Cindy Myers

Bladder Cancer Matters - September 29, 2022 17:29 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratings
In Episode 34 of "Bladder Cancer Matters," host Rick Bangs talks with Cindy Myers, RN BSN CWON. Cindy is a Certified Wound and Ostomy Nurse Specialist who has worked extensively with bladder cancer patients who undergone radical cystectomies. Rick and Cindy discuss: What an ostomy is and the ...

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Veterans Benefits for Bladder Cancer Patients

Bladder Cancer Matters - September 27, 2022 04:01 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratings
This this podcast, "Bladder Cancer Matters" host Rick Bangs talks with Ms. Jackie Imboden. Jackie is a special advisor for military exposures for the Veterans Benefits Administration or VBA, which provides disability compensation benefits to millions of veterans and their survivors. In her curre...

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Part II of How to Choose a Urinary Diversion with Dr. Robert Svatek

Bladder Cancer Matters - September 20, 2022 04:30 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratings
In Episode 32, Part 2 of Bladder Cancer Matters, host Rick Bangs talks with Dr. Robert Svatek. Dr. Svatek is one of the top five highest-volume bladder cancer surgeons in the United States, performing over 60 bladder removal procedures (cystectomies) yearly. Choosing a urinary diversion is amon...

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Learning How Language Saves Lives

Your Stories: Conquering Cancer - September 16, 2022 05:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
Helping her Spanish-speaking family communicate with their oncologist inspired Dr. Jenny’s Ruiz’s work in cancer care. This three-time Conquer Cancer grant and award recipient shares how her language-based research aims to improve survival rates for pediatric patients.

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How to Choose a Urinary Diversion with Dr. Robert Svatek

Bladder Cancer Matters - September 13, 2022 17:55 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratings
In Episode 32, Part 1 of Bladder Cancer Matters, host Rick Bangs talks with Dr. Robert Svatek. Dr. Svatek is one of the top five highest-volume bladder cancer surgeons in the United States, performing over 60 bladder removal procedures (cystectomies) yearly. Choosing a urinary diversion is amon...

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How COVID Changed How Bladder Cancer Doctors and Patients Interact with Dr. Sima Porten

Bladder Cancer Matters - August 31, 2022 16:06 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratings
In Episode 31 of Bladder Cancer Matters, host Rick Bangs talks with Dr. Sima Porten, a urologic cancer surgeon at the University of California San Francisco, about how COVID changed the way that bladder cancer doctors and patients interact. Rick and Dr. Porten talk about: Some of the experi...

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Childlike Hopes

Your Stories: Conquering Cancer - August 26, 2022 05:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
At the heart of Dr. Applebaum's neuroblastoma research is a determination to make treatments for kids with cancer easier and more effective. In this conversation with Dr. Yee, the oncologists offer hope on how cancer research is helping patients of all ages.

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Veterans and Bladder Cancer: What You Need to Know with Dr. Joshua Meeks

Bladder Cancer Matters - August 02, 2022 04:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratings
In Episode 30 of Bladder Cancer Matters, host Rick Bangs talks with Dr. Joshua Meeks. Dr. Meeks is the Section Chief of Robotic Surgery at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center and an Associate Professor of Urology, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics at the Northwestern University Feinberg School ...

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Being a Bladder Cancer Beacon of Hope with Karen Godfrey, Part III

Bladder Cancer Matters - July 20, 2022 14:19 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratings
In Episode 29 of Bladder Cancer Matters, host Rick Bangs offers Part III of the three-part podcast with long time patient advocate and 2022 Beacon of Hope Award winner, Karen Godfrey. Karen is the organizer of the Southwest Florida Bladder Cancer Support Group and has been active with BCAN since...

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Cancer as a Young Adult

Your Stories: Conquering Cancer - July 15, 2022 05:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
Even when young patients survive cancer, its challenges often remain with them for the rest of their lives. Carly Flumer survived thyroid cancer in her late 20s and learned invaluable lessons about communication between doctors and patients. Now 32, she is helping other adolescent and young adul...

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Being a Bladder Cancer Beacon of Hope with Karen Godfrey, Part II

Bladder Cancer Matters - July 05, 2022 18:32 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratings
In Episode 29 of Bladder Cancer Matters, host Rick Bangs offers Part II of the three-part podcast with long time patient advocate and 2022 Beacon of Hope Award winner, Karen Godfrey. Karen is the organizer of the Southwest Florida Bladder Cancer Support Group and has been active with BCAN since ...

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Being a Bladder Cancer Beacon of Hope with Karen Godfrey

Bladder Cancer Matters - June 29, 2022 14:21 - 26 minutes - Video ★★★★★ - 28 ratings
In Episode 29 of Bladder Cancer Matters, host Rick Bangs begins a three-part podcast with long time patient advocate and 2022 Beacon of Hope Award winner, Karen Godfrey. Karen is the organizer of the Southwest Florida Bladder Cancer Support Group. Rick and Karen talk about her initial bladder ...

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"Thriving"

Your Stories: Conquering Cancer - June 17, 2022 05:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
Mai Achong was 26 when she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Though she survived and her dream of motherhood was fulfilled, the challenges of survival continue to haunt her. From parenting while in treatment to navigating health care systems, Mai shares all the lessons she learned as a patient ...

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Bladder Cancer Can be Painful, Especially Financially with Cindy Lawson DeVore

Bladder Cancer Matters - May 24, 2022 19:22 - 36 minutes - Video ★★★★★ - 28 ratings
In Episode 28 of Bladder Cancer Matters, host Rick Bangs talks with bladder cancer patient Cindy Lawson DeVore, who gives her unique perspective on her journey with the disease.  Cindy has been a patient, her father is a retired urologist, and Cindy's mom was diagnosed with bladder cancer a shor...

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Survivor's Guilt

Your Stories: Conquering Cancer - May 20, 2022 05:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
Bethany Hart was pregnant when she received a devastating diagnosis. She lost her baby, Hallie, as well as her fertility. Now cancer-free and an advocate for other survivors, Bethany shares how she created the family she’d dreamed about before cancer.

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Tom Faced Bladder Cancer and Pancreatic Cancer at the Same Time

Bladder Cancer Matters - May 10, 2022 15:48 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratings
Tom had a history of cancer in his family, but never expected what happened to him. After not feeling well for a while, Tom was diagnosed with both pancreatic cancer and bladder cancer. In this episode, he talks with BCAN associate Joslyn Brown about his two cancer journeys and offers an optimis...

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Part 2 of Quality of Life After Bladder Removal Surgery with Dr. Bernard Bochner

Bladder Cancer Matters - April 20, 2022 14:31 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratings
In Part 2 of two part Episode 24 of Bladder Cancer Matters, host Rick Bangs interviews Dr. Bernard Bochner about the findings from a quality of life survey of bladder cancer patients after they have their bladders removed (radical cystectomy). Rick and Dr. Bochner discuss life after a radical ...

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Climbing Cancer Mountain

Your Stories: Conquering Cancer - April 15, 2022 05:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
California cyclist Mark Crafts, stunned with a mid-life cancer diagnosis, trusts in cancer research to keep rolling on the most unpredictable ride of his life. He tells Dr. Mark Lewis how, with his support from his Team Crafty family, friends, and cycling crew and an unflinching hope in cancer r...

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Karen's Story: Bladder Cancer Nurse, Patient and Caregiver

Bladder Cancer Matters - April 06, 2022 18:10 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratings
In this very special episode of Bladder Cancer Matters, host Rick Bangs talks with Karen Sachse.  Karen has a one-in-a-million perspective on bladder cancer because she is an oncology nurse, a nurse navigator, a bladder cancer survivor and was a caregiver to her husband, Roger, who passed away f...

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Update: What You Need to Know About COVID Vaccines and Bladder Cancer

Bladder Cancer Matters - April 05, 2022 04:01 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratings
One of Season 1's most popular episodes was What You Need to Know About COVID Vaccines and Bladder Cancer with Dr. Seth Lerner and Dr. Laila Woc-Colburn. Given the changing nature of COVID transmission and the availability of vaccinations, Drs. Lerner and Woc-Colburn have updates about vaccinat...

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Quality of Life After Bladder Removal Surgery with Dr. Bernard Bochner

Bladder Cancer Matters - March 22, 2022 04:01 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratings
In Part 1 of two part Episode 24 of Bladder Cancer Matters, host Rick Bangs interviews Dr. Bernard Bochner. Rick and Dr. Bochner discuss the findings of a quality of life survey conducted with more than 400 patients who underwent a radical cystectomy.  Dr. Bochner and his team studied the impor...

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This Life Rocks

Your Stories: Conquering Cancer - March 18, 2022 05:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
Jana Hirsch’s mom died from cancer when she was a little girl, so she knows all too well the feelings of pain and loss her 11-year-old daughter, Nika is enduring. Nika's dad, Rico, died from cancer last year. In this Your Stories podcast, Jana offers advice for helping children mourn and Nika sh...

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Oncology Social Worker - Nicole Reitsma - Mn Oncology

Cancer Care Today - Leading Cancer Doctors talk about the Latest Treatments - March 14, 2022 16:00 - 28 minutes
A diagnosis of cancer can affect many areas of a person’s life, causing them to feel overwhelmed.Oncology social workers help patients access various non-medical services throughout their treatment journey. In this episode we explore the role of the oncology social worker and the ways in which t...

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What's the Connection Between Bladder Cancer and Environmental Exposure?

Bladder Cancer Matters - March 08, 2022 15:25 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratings
In Episode 23 of Bladder Cancer Matters, host Rick Bangs talks with Stella Koutros and Molly Jacobs about how environmental exposure to chemicals is linked to bladder cancer. Stella Koutros, Ph.D., M.P.H. is an Investigator in the Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch of the Nationa...

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What Are Biomarkers and Why Do They Matter to Bladder Cancer Patients?

Bladder Cancer Matters - February 22, 2022 15:36 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratings
In Episode 22 of Bladder Cancer Matters, host Rick Bangs talks with Drs. Phil Abbosh and Max Kates about bladder cancer biomarkers.  Dr. Abbosh is a urologic oncologist at the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia. Dr. Kates is an assistant professor of urology and oncology with the Brady Urol...

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A Conversation About Race in Cancer Care

Your Stories: Conquering Cancer - February 18, 2022 06:30 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
Dr. Karen Winkfield and Dr. Don Dizon are two of the country’s foremost leaders in advancing health equity. During Black History Month, they offer a very candid discussion on why cancer risks are higher and survival rates are lower for Black people, while addressing the disparities facing all pa...

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What the Cancer Experience Registry Means to Bladder Cancer Patients with Dr. Kimberly Papay Rogers

Bladder Cancer Matters - February 09, 2022 05:01 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratings
In Episode 21 of Bladder Cancer Matters, host Rick Bangs talks with Kimberly Papay Rogers, PhD, the Director of Research at the Cancer Support Community. Rick and Dr. Rogers discuss her work on the Cancer Experience Registry, an online research survey that helps enhance cancer care, improve hea...

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