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Miranda McKeon: Diagnosed at 19

2026-10-2024:07

Actress Miranda McKeon was diagnosed with stage III breast cancer at age 19, just as she was starting her sophomore year of college. She talks about her experiences with diagnosis and treatment, as well as how she balanced presenting herself to her peers in a way that felt authentic when she was living an experience that was completely foreign to her. Listen to the episode to hear Miranda explain: how she found community and support the trickiness of navigating menopause, sexuality, and sexual wellness symptoms why she decided to share her experiences why and how the Pink 365 podcast came to be

“If There’s Anything Good That Can Come From My Experience, Why Not Do It?”

2026-10-0621:05

Julia Maués didn’t decide to become an advocate, but her passion for patients learning science and scientists learning patient experiences propelled her to talk about her experiences. Listen to the episode to hear Julia explain: the breast changes that led to her diagnosis how she and her doctors decided on treatments why she and Christine Hodgdon founded GRASP Cancer

Beyond The Pink

2026-09-2223:41

Eleonora Teplinsky’s oncology practice has focused on people with breast cancer for more than a decade. Her new book, Beyond the Pink: Navigating Life, Health, and Breast Cancer, explains breast cancer risks, screening, diagnosis, and treatment, as well as topics that may not be discussed by all doctors. Listen to the episode to hear Dr. Teplinsky explain: what makes her book different from other breast cancer books ways to integrate menopause care and HRT into breast cancer care how to talk to your doctor about sex and sexual health

Living Tissue Implants for Breast Reconstruction

2026-09-0826:56

Dr. Luba Perry is the founder and CEO of ReConstruct Bio, where she’s working to develop bioengineered living tissue implants made from a person’s own cells that then integrate with the body as living tissue. The first goal is to develop natural implants for breast reconstruction. Listen to the episode to hear Dr. Perry explain: how human tissue can be created in the lab why she and her colleagues decided to focus on tissue for breast reconstruction how living tissue implants could address the limitations of the two existing options: implant reconstruction and flap reconstruction the status of research

It’s Breast Cancer, Now What?

2026-08-2535:13

An advocate and communications expert with more than 20 years experience in international corporate marketing, Christina Wilhelm wrote It’s Breast Cancer, Now What? as a manual to help people navigate breast cancer treatment, return-to-work, and long-term follow-up care decisions. Listen to the episode to hear Christina explain: what makes her book different from other breast cancer manuals how she maintained continuity of care while moving between several countries in Europe and the Middle East her journey from using only alternative therapies to transitioning to more traditional treatments

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