Shows
Bag ItBag It E4: Sheila McGlown; Stage 4 Cancer Survivor and AdvocateMindy interviews a Stage 4 Cancer Survivor and Advocate Sheila McGlown. A wonderful example of what Bag It can do for you or your loved ones during this trying and worrying time. Join Mindy for this uplifting story.About Sheila M. McGlown Sheila M. McGlown is a pioneering breast cancer advocate with a particular focus on the black community. She has overcome personal adversity to help support and educate her community about the risk of breast cancer and how to live a fulfilling life after diagnosis. In 2009, Sheila was diagnosed with Stage IV HER2+ ER+...2021-12-181h 03
Our MBC LifeS03 E03 - MBC Around the WorldSend us a textGrab those negative covid tests and passports because we travel around the world in this episode! Oh yeah, get your proof of vaccination and N95s too since this thing ain’t over yet sadly. We wanted to learn how others living with and advocating for MBC deal with it all in other places. So we travel virtually to Canada, Japan, Kuwait, Egypt, Australia, Portugal, Kenya, Nigeria, and the UK. Co-hosts Natalia Green, Sheila McGlown, Lisa Laudico, and Anne Woodward find out what it’s like to get a second opinion in Europe...2021-10-071h 37
Breast Cancer Conversations#116. Living With Metastatic Breast Cancer & Our MBC LifeLove the episode? Send us a text!In today's episode we speak with Lisa Laudico, Natalia Green and Sheila McGlown who are all living with metastatic breast cancer and part part of the podcast, Our MBC Life. While breast cancer may unite us, there are many nuances, even within the metastatic community to bring to light. For example, we take a deep dive into being diagnosed de novo, being diagnosed with oligometastatic, and then also discovering you breast cancer recurred and you are now metastatic. These women share their unique and powerful stories with us. T...2021-07-1839 min
Real PinkEpisode 113: Navigating participation in clinical trialsOver the past 40 years, breast cancer care has greatly improved due to information gained through clinical trials. Clinical trials test the safety and benefits of new treatments as well as new combinations of standard treatments. They can also study other aspects of care, including risk reduction, diagnosis and screening. Whether a new therapy or test becomes part of the standard of care for breast cancer depends largely on the results of clinical trials. Clinical trials offer people with breast cancer a way to receive high-quality care, a chance to gain access to new treatments before they're widely available, and...2021-05-1716 min
Our MBC LifeS02 E02 Clinical Trials from the Patient PerspectiveSend us a textJoin us for Part 1 of this two-part series on Clinical Trials from the Patient Perspective. We review some of the basics about clinical trials for people living with MBC and share personal stories from our co-hosts Lisa Laudico and Sheila McGlown. The team was joined by podcast members, Jim Kremens and Sarah Mann, as we spoke with patient advocates Lianne Kraemer and Christine Hodgdon. The team then had a series of conversations with Lisa’s oncology team, Dr. Neal Fischbach of Yale New Haven Health, Dr. Corrie Painter of Count Me In and the B...2021-03-151h 08