Cancer Interviews

Dec 20 2024 100 ep. 29 mins 3
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It is our sincere hope that however cancer may be impacting you or your loved ones, that you will find the Cancer Interviews podcast and our interviews with amazing cancer survivors, caregivers, oncology professionals and others, helpful, informative and encouraging! Our guests share their stories with things like chemotherapy, radiation therapy, surgery, stem cell transplants, bone marrow transplants, the emotional ups and downs of being a cancer patient, being a caregiver for a loved one fighting cancer, as well as cancer nutrition and allow them an opportunity to tell us about their life before, during and after their cancer journey. We do not provide medical advice on this podcast. Please remember, you are not alone and we invite you to be a part of our team, where together, everyone achieves more! We are sharing the journey together and we wish you the very best possible outcome, with your cancer journey!

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130: Robin Centner is a Colon Cancer Previvor | Genetic Testing | Previvor | Kidney Cancer | Genetic Counselor

Dec 20 2024 28 mins  
In this episode of the Cancer Interviews podcast, we will hear from Robin Centner of Ryland Heights, Kentucky. She learned she has the PMS2 gene, which is one of the genes that causes Lynch Syndrome, a form of colon cancer. She found this out through genetic testing. She was inspired to get tested because her father died of colon cancer at age 52 and her mother passed away from

132: Samina Cepal survived cervical cancer | cisplatin | brachytherapy | pap smear | chemotherapy

Dec 12 2024 32 mins  
In late 2018, Samina Cepal went in for her routine pap smear, but her visit turned out to be anything but routine. It led to a CT scan, a pelvic ultrasound and a diagnosis of cervical cancer. Samina underwent a grueling regimen of chemotherapy (cisplatin) and radiation therapy, simultaneously. She experienced acute fatigue, weight loss, hair loss and despair, but three months la

131: Cynthia Mitchell - Cholangiocarcinoma Survivor - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Nov 14 2024 23 mins  
Cynthia Mitchell has been diagnosed with intraheptic cholangiocarcinoma, a type of bile duct cancer. Her story is about how she, like many with such a diagnosis, never attained complete survivorship, but is living a rich, fruitful live. In 2021, she experienced severe heartburn. When it persisted, she underwent an ultrasound, which revealed a large mass on her liver. Further te

129: Rebecca Esparza - Ovarian Cancer Survivor - Corpus Christi, Texas, USA

Oct 22 2024 25 mins  
What Rebecca Esparza thought was fibroid tumors led to a diagnosis of ovarian cancer at age 30. Unbeknownst to her until after her surgical procedure, doctors performed a radical hysterectomy. In addition to a difficult chemotherapy regimen, Rebecca had to deal with all of the above with no health insurance. Rebecca made it to survivorship only to learn years later, she had papi

128: Celeste Guptill survived appendix cancer | omentum | mucin | heated chemotherapy | hysterectomy

Sep 26 2024 28 mins  
When Celeste Guptill noticed her stomach appearing swollen to an unusual degree, she thought it might be due some sort of gastrointestinal issue. However, a CT scan showed she a tumor that produced a fluid called mucin, which produced the swelling. The tumor was surgically removed, which led to a diagnosis of pseduomyxoma peritonei, a rare form of appendix cancer. She needed a s

127: Sarah Bennett - Neuroendocrine Survivor - Excelsior, Minnesota, USA

Sep 21 2024 24 mins  
After experiencing gastrointestinal issues in 2022, it took a total of four visits to ERs and an urgent care before a CT scan revealed Sarah Bennett had a mass in her duodenum, near her pancreas. The mass later led to a diagnosis of a rare cancer, neuroendocrine. She did not have to undergo a Whipple procedure, but did have to take an oral form of chemotherapy. That preceded a s

126: Jon Brent - Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Survivor - Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Aug 22 2024 20 mins  
At age two, Jon Brent was diagnosed with a type of blood cancer, acute lymphoblastic leukemia. He underwent an aggressive chemotherapy regimen, including vincristine, dexamethasone, methotrexate and prednisone, but after that still needed a bone marrow transplant. He has achieved survivorship but is still in pain and expects to some extent he will be for the rest of his life. Jo

125: Hans Rueffert - Gastric Stomach Cancer Survivor - Jasper, Georgia, USA

Aug 17 2024 26 mins  
When Hans Rueffert learned he had gastric stomach cancer at age 33, he had to have half of his stomach and half of his esophagus removed, followed by chemotherapy and radiation treatment. However, because gastric juices were leaking into his lungs, he subsequently had to undergo surgery removing both his stomach and esophagus in full. It was a battle, but Hans achieved survivorsh

124: Hardeep Phull, MD - Oncologist and Patient Advocate - San Diego, California, USA

Aug 10 2024 27 mins  
Cancer patients are often urged to be fierce advocates for themselves as they go through a cancer journey; but members of their care team can also serve as advocates. In this interview, Hardeep Phull, MD discusses how one’s doctor can advocate for his or her patients, with advocacy addressing insurance coverage for a needed procedure and assistance in getting a patient to qualif

123: Don Helgeson - Prostate Cancer Survivor - Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada

Jul 26 2024 24 mins  
Cancer just will not get the best of Don Helgeson. A retired member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, he survived malignant melanoma in 1996 and colorectal cancer in 2007. Just when he thought the disease was in his past, he was diagnosed with Stage 3B prostate cancer in 2020. He opted to have his prostate removed, but thanks to a successful surgery, he achieved survivorship