Real Pink

Some healthy lifestyle choices may lower your risk of getting breast cancer. Learn what you can do to improve your health in this week’s episode.

Special Guest: Kristen Keenan.

Sponsored By:

• Eli Lilly: The More for MBC Facebook page is a Lilly-owned page that aims to provide people living with metastatic breast cancer a platform to engage.

The support of family, friends and others can be helpful as you go through diagnosis, treatment and beyond, but many cancer patients and survivors will tell you that despite that support, cancer can be a lonely journey. Sarah Sanders shares her perspective in this episode of the Real Pink podcast.

Sarah is a 35-year-old marketing/public relations professional currently living on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. She's originally from Chicago, IL and is a huge Chicago Bears fan. Proud of her Lebanese heritage, Sarah loves the comfort of middle eastern foods and coffee, coffee, coffee. In her spare time these days, she loves to read, watch The Bachelor and Morning Joe, and HouseParty with her friends and family.

Special Guest: Sarah Sanders.

Each patient’s experiences, perspectives and diagnoses are uniquely personal. Understanding this can help empower breast cancer patients to educate themselves and ask questions in order to equip themselves for conversations with their doctors about treatment plans.

Breast cancer is not one type of disease but many. The type of breast cancer affects prognosis and care options. TNBC is an aggressive type of breast cancer and Dr. Erika Hamilton (from Sarah Cannon) will clarify misconceptions about TNBC and address key questions, like who is at greatest risk for TNBC and what are current care options.

Special Guest: Dr. Erika Hamilton.

Sponsored By:

• Genentech: Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, pursues groundbreaking science to discover and develop medicines for people with breast cancer. Learn more at gene.com.

On the morning of October 21, 2014, everything changed for the Thompson family. At the ages of 15 (Taylor), 13 (Kyla) and 10 (Katelyn), these kids no longer had their mom, Maureen. Gary no longer had his wife of 25 years. 11 years earlier Maureen had been diagnosed with breast cancer while pregnant with their youngest, Katelyn. Kyla and Gary join us to talk about what Father’s Day means to them now.

Special Guests: Gary Thompson and Kyla Thompson.

Sponsored By:

• Genentech: Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, pursues groundbreaking science to discover and develop medicines for people with breast cancer. Learn more at gene.com.

When someone is diagnosed with breast cancer, it’s scary for them and

Special Guest: Raphael Alejandro.

Sponsored By:

• Genentech: Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, pursues groundbreaking science to discover and develop medicines for people with breast cancer. Learn more at gene.com.

As a parent, your initial instinct may be to protect them from the realities of your diagnosis and treatment, but sharing age-appropriate information can be helpful and healing and can allow you to support each other through the experience. Here to share her story and the lessons that she learned about talking to your kids about breast cancer is Commander Caprice Massey.

Special Guest: Caprice Massey.

Sponsored By:

• Genentech: Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, pursues groundbreaking science to discover and develop medicines for people with breast cancer. Learn more at gene.com.

Today on Real Pink, we have the honor of Susie Christianson sharing her story.

Special Guest: Susie Christianson.

Sponsored By:

• Genentech: Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, pursues groundbreaking science to discover and develop medicines for people with breast cancer. Learn more at gene.com.

Emmy-winning TV host, author, certified health coach & trainer, cancer survivor & thriver, healthy living advocate and unstoppable optimist Samantha Harris is here to help guide us through the best ways to achieve overall health and some tips to stay positive and hopeful throughout this pandemic.

Special Guest: Samantha Harris.

Sponsored By:

• Genentech: Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, pursues groundbreaking science to discover and develop medicines for people with breast cancer. Learn more at gene.com.

Kristin is dedicated to ending breast cancer - in memory of her beloved mother, in salute of the heroes like her dad and brother who walk by our sides, and in honor of her precious niece, in hope that she and others will one day know a world without breast cancer.

Special Guest: Kristin Harris.

Sponsored By:

• Genentech: Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, pursues groundbreaking science to discover and develop medicines for people with breast cancer. Learn more at gene.com.