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Today's episode focuses on after a diagnosis, understanding your surgical options and what you could expect through care at Sanford Health. 

Dr. Jesse Dirksen specializes in breast surgery and serves as the clinical chair of the Edith Sanford Breast Center. 

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In this episode, we are addressing some of the biggest myths around breast cancer from detection to diagnosis and treatment, and we're debunking them.

Our guests are from the Edith Sanford Breast Center. Dr. Keeley Hack is a specialist in hematology and oncology, and Dr. Jamie Williams is a breast radiologist specializing in all aspects of breast health, focusing on early detection of breast cancer. 

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In this episode, we are talking about breast density, what it is and why it's important in your care journey at Sanford Health.  Our guest is Dr. Andrea Kaster, a breast health specialist who provides care to patients at the Edith Sanford Breast Center in Fargo, North Dakota. 

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This conversation breaks down the difference between mammograms and thermograms. Our guest is Dr. Christina Tello-Skjerseth. She is the chief of radiology at Sanford Health in Bismarck, North Dakota, and chief of staff at the medical center, and specializes in diagnostic imaging as a radiologist. 

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Lynn Roemeling is a friendly, familiar face inside the Sanford Oncology Hematology and Infusion Clinic in Sioux Falls.

She is a patient access representative, which is a position she’s held with pride for 13 years.

But in June of 2020, that job – and life outside of work – came to a pause.

 Suddenly, Roemeling was the patient and started her care at the Edith Sanford Breast Center with a triple-negative diagnosis, a rare type of breast cancer. 

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Today we're discussing mammography and the topic of callbacks. What does it mean? And what should someone know when this happens? To explain these important questions is Dr. Chris Johansen, a radiologist specializing in breast condition and breast cancer. Dr. Johansen is part of the physician team at Edith Sanford Breast Center. 

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This episode covers the topic of nutrition as it relates to a cancer diagnosis, featuring Dr. Keely Hack, a medical oncologist for Sanford Health in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. 

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Volunteers find joy guiding others through life-changing cancer journey 

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Cancer mentorship program provides support for newly diagnosed patients

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Today, we’re talking with Dr. Michelle Lohr, a radiation oncologist at the Sanford Cancer Center here in Sioux Falls and we’re talking all about treatment and a specific type of radiation therapy for breast cancer.

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