Cancer Straight Talk Podcast

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Cancer Straight Talk Podcast from MSK
Cancer Straight Talk is a 2024 Gracie Award Winner for Best Educational Podcast and the prestigious Grand Award.

Cancer Straight Talk from Memorial Sloan Kettering is a podcast about cancer that brings together patients and experts, to have straightforward evidence-based conversations. Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Dr. Diane Reidy-Lagunes hosts this cancer podcast with a mission to educate and empower cancer patients and their family members.

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Podcast | 22:02
Cancer and Caregivers: Navigating Stress, Worry, and Other Challenges
Cancer and Caregivers: Navigating Stress, Worry, and Other Challenges
Learn what you need to know about one of the most important and overwhelming jobs you’ll ever have: caregiving.
Podcast | 22:13
A Woman's Guide to Sex and Cancer
A Woman's Guide to Sex and Cancer
Hear about the impact of cancer treatment on a woman’s physical and emotional sexual health, and get advice for managing your recovery.
Podcast | 20:32
Weight Loss, Cancer and the Role of Metabolism
Weight Loss, Cancer and the Role of Metabolism
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.
Podcast | 22:12
Mental Health in the Time of COVID
Mental Health in the Time of COVID
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.
Podcast | 16:00
Cancer and COVID-19: What Patients Need to Know
Cancer and COVID-19: What Patients Need to Know
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.
Podcast | 16:33
Know Thine Enemy
Cancer: Know Thine Enemy
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?
Podcast | 23:43
Immunotherapy: Transforming How Cancers Are Treated
Immunotherapy: Transforming How Cancers Are Treated
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.
Podcast | 18:00
Sugar and Cancer: Friend or Foe?
Sugar and Cancer: Friend or Foe?
In this episode, Dr. Diane Reidy-Lagunes talks to medical oncologist Santosha Vardhana about sugar and cancer. What is our favorite food’s metabolic role in cancer and in treatment?
Podcast | 24:05
Making Every Step Count: The Role of Exercise and Cancer
Making Every Step Count: The Role of Exercise and Cancer
In this episode, Dr. Diane Reidy-Lagunes chats about recent findings regarding the benefits of exercise, in the prevention and treatment of cancer. She speaks with Lee Jones, exercise scientist at MSK, and Charlie Sweeney, marathon runner and cancer survivor.
Podcast | 24:21
A Cancer Survivor’s Guide to Chemo
A Cancer Survivor’s Guide to Chemo
In this episode, Dr. Diane Reidy-Lagunes speaks with Elizabeth Cruz, a registered nurse at MSK, and Stacey Peltz, an eight-year cancer survivor and warrior. Together, they’ll run down what you need to know to prepare for treatment and how to live well on chemotherapy.