Cancer Straight Talk Podcast
Cancer Straight Talk from Memorial Sloan Kettering is a podcast about cancer that brings together patients and experts, to have straightforward evidence-based conversations. Dr. Diane Reidy-Lagunes hosts this cancer podcast with a mission to educate and empower cancer patients and their family members.
If you have questions, feedback, or topic ideas for upcoming episodes, please e-mail us at: [email protected]
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Lessons from a Stage 4 Cancer Survivor: A Conversation with Mary Elizabeth Williams
Stage-four melanoma survivor Mary Elizabeth Williams discusses survivors guilt, being part of a phase-one clinical trial, and how communication affects health outcomes.
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Lung Cancer: Why One of The Most Common Cancers is Also The Most Stigmatized
Lung cancer is more deadly than breast, colon and prostate cancers combined, yet it gets less than half the funding. Why is that?
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When Life Takes a Turn: When Young Adults Get Cancer
Hear firsthand about the effects of a cancer diagnosis on a young person’s identity, career, relationships and more.
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Cancer and Caregivers: Navigating Stress, Worry, and Other Challenges
Learn what you need to know about one of the most important and overwhelming jobs you'll ever have: caregiving.
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A Woman's Guide to Sex and Cancer
Hear about the impact of cancer treatment on a woman’s physical and emotional sexual health, and get advice for managing your recovery.
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Weight Loss, Cancer and the Role of Metabolism
In this episode, Diane Reidy-Lagunes speaks with Neil Iyengar, a breast medical oncologist and MSK’s leading researcher on diet, metabolism, and cancer. Together, they debunk myths surrounding diet trends, exercise, and the relationship between fat tissue and cancer.
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Mental Health in the Time of COVID
In this episode, Dr. Diane Reidy-Lagunes speaks with MSK’s chair of psychiatry, Dr. William Breitbart, about the unique mental toll that a worldwide pandemic has on cancer patients and caregivers alike. Dr. Breitbart shares strategies for coping and finding hope in the midst of uncertainty.
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Cancer and COVID-19: What Patients Need to Know
In this episode, Dr. Diane Reidy-Lagunes talks with infectious disease specialist Monika Shah about special concerns of patients with cancer, including their risks for COVID-19 and vaccine safety while they’re in active treatment.
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Cancer: Know Thine Enemy
In this episode, Dr. Diane Reidy-Lagunes chats with medical oncologist Juan-Manuel Schvartzman about the cellular damage that causes cancer. Can we find its Achilles’s heel?
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Immunotherapy: Transforming How Cancers Are Treated
In this episode, Dr. Diane Reidy-Lagunes talks to medical oncologist and scientist Jedd Wolchok and cancer survivor Grace Dunn. Together, they help decode the emerging new defense against cancer: immunology.