Oncology Unscripted

Mar 27 2025 16 ep. 64 mins 3
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Patient advocates Julie Johnson and Katie Coleman team up with radiation oncologist Dr. Matt Spraker for candid discussions about cancer and treatment. 

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Ablative Radiation (SABR, Aka SBRT) for Kidney Cancer With Dr. Shankar Siva

Mar 27 2025 60 mins  
Send us a text On this episode of Oncology Unscripted, patient advocate Katie Coleman and radiation oncologist Dr. Matt Spraker host another radiation oncologist, Dr. Shankar Siva, PhD, MBBS, FRANZCR. Shankar is an oncologist and professor at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Victoria, Australia, and a specialist in genitourinary cancers, such as Kidney Cancer. We discuss stereotact

Anxiety

Mar 18 2025 65 mins  
Send us a text On this episode of Oncology Unscripted, patient advocates Julie Johnson and Katie Coleman and radiation oncologist Dr. Matt Spraker start to discuss scanxiety. Matt starts by sharing ASCO guidelines, one framework to assist oncologists and patients treat anxiety that comes up at diagnosis and throughout cancer treatment. Then Julie and Katie share their experiences a

Introduction to Pathology with Michelle Hirsch, MD, PhD

Nov 24 2024 90 mins  
Send us a text On this episode of Oncology Unscripted, patient advocates Julie Johnson and Katie Coleman and radiation oncologist Dr. Matt Spraker host Dr. Michelle Hirsch, MD, PhD. She is a pathologist and Chief of the Genitourinary Pathology Division at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard University. In this episode, we cover all things pathology! We kick off by discussing t

Exercise and Cancer Rehab with Hillary Hinrichs, DPT and Kelley Wood, PhD

Jun 06 2024 80 mins  
Send us a text On this episode of Oncology Unscripted, patient advocates Julie Johnson and Katie Coleman and radiation oncologist Dr. Matt Spraker host physical therapist Dr. Hillary Hinrichs and researcher Dr. Kelley Wood (@kcwood_phd on X) to discuss exercise and cancer rehabilitation. We kick off our discussion with an important question. What is cancer rehabilitation, and how i

"Ask Me Anything"

Mar 28 2024 54 mins  
Send us a text On this episode of Oncology Unscripted, patient advocates Julie Johnson and Katie Coleman and radiation oncologist Dr. Matt Spraker subject each other to an "Ask Me Anything"! Here are the questions we asked each other: 1. What do you wish doctors and other people without cancer knew about how the diagnosis actually changed your day to day life? 2. What do you wish m

How To Pick Your Doctor

Feb 09 2024 36 mins  
Send us a text On this episode of Oncology Unscripted, patient advocates Julie Johnson and Katie Coleman and radiation oncologist Dr. Matt Spraker start to discuss how patients might pick their doctor. Here links to some things we discussed during the show: United Health Care, 7 tips for choosing a primary care doctor.US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Disease Pr

Immunotherapy: In Conversation with Dr. Breelyn Wilky, MD

Nov 22 2023 71 mins  
Send us a text Oncology Unscripted co-hosts Julie Johnson, Katie Coleman, and Dr. Matt Spraker welcome Dr. Breelyn Wilky, MD to discuss immunotherapy for sarcomas and other cancers. We start by explaining some general details of immunotherapy and how it works, then dive in to the unknowns surrounding the exciting therapy. We discuss what biological features of tumors and patient ti

The Insider's Guide to Radiation Therapy: Proton Therapy

Oct 16 2023 47 mins  
Send us a text On this episode of Oncology Unscripted, patient advocates Julie Johnson and Katie Coleman and radiation oncologist Dr. Matt Spraker continue The Insider's Guide to Radiation Therapy! Here are the figures/graphics we referenced during the show: The first figure we discussed, demonstrating the Bragg Peak and the difference between proton and photon (x-ray) beams. The s

The Insider's Guide to Radiation Therapy: SBRT (aka SABR or SRS)

Sep 16 2023 78 mins  
Send us a text On this episode of Oncology Unscripted, patient advocates Julie Johnson and Katie Coleman and radiation oncologist Dr. Matt Spraker continue The Insider's Guide to Radiation Therapy! This four episode series will cover radiation 101, stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), and proton therapy! In this episode, we discuss SBRT, alternatively called stereotactic abl

The Insider's Guide to Radiation Therapy: Radiation 101, Part 2

Aug 17 2023 66 mins  
Send us a text On this episode of Oncology Unscripted, patient advocates Julie Johnson and Katie Coleman and radiation oncologist Dr. Matt Spraker continue The Insider's Guide to Radiation Therapy! This four episode series will cover radiation 101, stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), and proton therapy! In this episode, we complete radiation 101, covering 2 more important p