Cancer Straight Talk Podcast

Stage-four melanoma survivor Mary Elizabeth Williams discusses survivors guilt, being part of a phase-one clinical trial, and how communication affects health outcomes.

Lung cancer is more deadly than breast, colon and prostate cancers combined, yet it gets less than half the funding. Why is that?

Hear firsthand about the effects of a cancer diagnosis on a young person’s identity, career, relationships and more.

Learn what you need to know about one of the most important and overwhelming jobs you'll ever have: caregiving.

Hear about the impact of cancer treatment on a woman’s physical and emotional sexual health, and get advice for managing your recovery.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.