In the Blood: The Quest to Detect Cancer Before It Returns with Dr. Ana Lohmann
Description
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in Canadian women, with 1 in 8 women facing a diagnosis in their lifetime. It's a complex foe, shaped by biology and lifestyle, made difficult by invasive treatments and cumbersome diagnostic techniques.
In this episode, Dr. Ana Lohmann, a medical oncologist and scientist at Western University's Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, discusses how this complexity is being met head-on. Her research explores how obesity and metabolism shape cancer diagnosis and recurrence, and how lifestyle, access to care and social inequities influence outcomes. She also discusses emerging tools like liquid biopsies and the growing focus on survivorship and quality of life.
With Dr. Ana Lohmann, MD PhD
Medical Oncologist, Verspeeten Family Cancer Centre
Associate Scientist, London Health Sciences Research Institute
Assistant Professor, Western University
Dept. of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Dept. of Oncology
United States
