Living with Mortality and Finding Meaning
Being confronted by our own mortality can bring up a lot of feelings: fear, anger, sadness, helplessness, and few experiences bring us face to face with our own death like a cancer diagnosis. But facing mortality can also be an opportunity to find meaning, live in the moment, and contemplate the mark you want to […]
Topic-Driven Round Table on DCIS: What are Your Radiation Options?
Dr. Carmen Perez, Radiation Oncologist at NYU Langone, discusses radiation options for women with DCIS.
Topic-Driven Round Table on DCIS: Decision-Making and Treatment Choices
Facilitator Deb Hackenberry is joined by Cecilia Hammond, Senior Medical Science Liaison at Exact Sciences, to discuss better decision-making and your treatment choices with DCIS.
Topic-Driven Round Table on DCIS: How to Stay Healthy During the Holidays
Facilitator Deb Hackenberry and Krystle Zuniga, PhD, RD, LD discuss how women with DCIS can stay healthy during the holiday season.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElTKZN_dWWQ
Topic-Driven Round Table on DCIS: Endocrine Therapy
Facilitator Deb Hackenberry is joined by Dr. Deanna Attai, breast surgeon at UCLA Health, to discuss Endocrine Therapy as it pertains to DCIS.
Topic-Driven Round Table on DCIS: Health Literacy
Women with DCIS joined facilitator Deb Hackenberry and others via video or phone to learn about and discuss “Health Literacy” as it pertains to DCIS.
Topic-Driven Round Table on Lobular Breast Cancer
Join seasoned lobular breast cancer advocates Leigh Pate,Lobular Breast Cancer Alliance co-coordinator, and Elizabeth Viggiano to discuss your concerns and questions about lobular breast cancer and the role of advocacy to advance research and educate. *This is a Round Table program, but took place via webinar.* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzB9OcoGy0E
Coping With Chemo Brain
Dr. Tracy Vannorsdall, board-certified clinical neuropsychologist and assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, will discuss cancer-related impairment, also known as “chemo fog” or “chemo brain,” which can be connected to either specific cancer treatments or a cancer diagnosis. Chemo brain can include detrimental effects on memory and attention, and negatively impacts quality […]
Lobular Breast Cancer: Understanding this Subtype and its Treatment
Dr. Otto Metzger, oncologist at Dana Farber Cancer Institute, discusses treatment for lobular breast cancer. He will also talk about his own research on identifying predictive biomarkers of sensitivity when it comes to endocrine therapy. Dr. Metzger will also be joined by patient advocate Lori Petitti of the Lobular Breast Cancer Alliance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvgEnfMAgpE
