Newly Diagnosed with MBC: Tests, Terms, & Tips with Dr. Rebecca Shatsky
MBC Patients, Challenges and Barriers, Diagnosis and Treatment, Essential Knowledge, Newly Diagnosed, Basic Science, MBC Imaging and Profiling, Making Our Best MBC Life Our MBClife MBC Patients, Challenges and Barriers, Diagnosis and Treatment, Essential Knowledge, Newly Diagnosed, Basic Science, MBC Imaging and Profiling, Making Our Best MBC Life Our MBClife

Newly Diagnosed with MBC: Tests, Terms, & Tips with Dr. Rebecca Shatsky

Being diagnosed with MBC can feel like you’ve been dropped into a dangerous and alien landscape, one whose inhabitants speak a new and confusing language. Numb and bewildered, you face a mountain of medical decisions—each with seemingly high stakes. The last in Our MBC Life’s 3-part series for people newly diagnosed with MBC, this episode's interview with Dr. Rebecca Shatsky, interspersed with experienced-patient voices, sheds light on cancer types, tests, and treatment—and empowers listeners to navigate this challenging new terrain with understanding, knowledge, and confidence.

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Black History & Health Equity Every Month, Every Day
Health Disparities, MBC Patients, MBC Allies, Patient Advocates, Challenges and Barriers, Access to Care and Drugs, MBC Stories, Advocacy, Living with MBC Our MBClife Health Disparities, MBC Patients, MBC Allies, Patient Advocates, Challenges and Barriers, Access to Care and Drugs, MBC Stories, Advocacy, Living with MBC Our MBClife

Black History & Health Equity Every Month, Every Day

We believe that Black History Month should always be celebrated but let's agree that it should not be just for one month but every month and every day.

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Dept. of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program
Advocacy, Patient Advocates, MBC Research Funding, Challenges and Barriers, BC Policies and Legislation Our MBClife Advocacy, Patient Advocates, MBC Research Funding, Challenges and Barriers, BC Policies and Legislation Our MBClife

Dept. of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program

Dr. Gayle Vaday, Program Manager of the Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs focused on Breast Cancer (BCRP), joins co-hosts Sheila McGlown and Lisa Laudico for a conversation about MBC funding and research and how the funds are distributed. In addition, Sheila McGlown talks about her experience as a consumer reviewer at DoD and her special connection to this critical research funder.

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Racial disparities in healthcare
Advocacy, Patient Advocates, MBC Allies, Health Disparities, Obstacles to Better Outcomes Our MBClife Advocacy, Patient Advocates, MBC Allies, Health Disparities, Obstacles to Better Outcomes Our MBClife

Racial disparities in healthcare

In this episode, we speak with leading MBC advocates, Sheila McGlown and Chawnte Randall, and with the social media breast cancer leaders, Jasmine Souers and Marissa Thomas of For The Breast Of US about their own experiences and how they advocate for their own treatment and for those in their communities. 

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