Please join Amy Durtschi, psychotherapist in Columbus, Ohio who discusses mental health during holidays, particularly with new cancer diagnosis, going through cancer treatment and someone suffering loss of a family or a friend. This podcast is filled with lot of good tips and Amy gives you a toolbox on how to navigate this difficult season.

You can find her at "Enliven Health and Wellness.
www.enlivenhealthandwellness.com
Ph: 614-940-4868

Stay Connected with Dr. Deepa Halaharvi:
TikTok: @breastdoctor
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@deepahalaharvi5917

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Pathologists are our daily unsung heroes who work secretly behind the scenes – they are also called- “Doctors doctor”.
Your treatment regimen is based on your pathology results. I am so honored to interview, an incredible pathologist in Columbus, OH, Dr. Syed Mohsin. He answers the following questions.
 

1. What does a breast pathologist do?
2. Why does it take a couple of days to get the pathology results?
3. How can you tell a difference between cancer and benign under microscope?
4. What is cancer anyway? 
5. Pl explain the difference between invasive cancer vs. non-invasive cancer.
6. What is the difference between grade and stage?
7. What does receptor status mean? ER, PR, Her- 2 neu?
8. When a surgeon removes lymph nodes, what does it mean when it says ITCs, micrometastasis and macrometastasis?
9. What is the difference between atypia (like ADH) vs. DCIS, similarly ALH vs. LCIS?
10. My surgeon keeps talking about margins, what does that mean and how important is that?
11. What is the difference between lobular and ductal breast cancer under a microscope?
12. What is Ki- 67?

Stay Connected with Dr. Deepa Halaharvi:
TikTok: @breastdoctor
Instagram: @drdhalaharvi
TBCP Instagram: @thebreastcancerpodcast
Website: https://drdeepahalaharvi.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@deepahalaharvi5917

Instagram: @thebreastcancerpodcast

Dr. Shabana Dewani  is board certified in Medical Oncology, Hematology, and Internal Medicine—and a joy to listen to!  She breaks down the oncology process and important factors when deciding treatment.  You'll be able to hear her passion for helping others ensuring they get the best treatment possible.

Please listen to this episode as we discuss “Pregnancy and Breast cancer”.
We talk about the definition of pregnancy associated breast cancer.
How it is diagnosed and treated?
Is chemotherapy and surgery safe during pregnancy?
Can a woman breast feed after treatment for breast cancer?
How can you advocate if you feel a mass during pregnancy?
We discuss why genetic testing is important?
We also discuss benign masses women can find during pregnancy.

Stay Connected with Dr. Deepa Halaharvi:
TikTok: @breastdoctor
Instagram: @drdhalaharvi
TBCP Instagram: @thebreastcancerpodcast
Website: https://drdeepahalaharvi.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@deepahalaharvi5917

Instagram: @thebreastcancerpodcast

Dr. Shabana Dewani  is board certified in Medical Oncology, Hematology, and Internal Medicine—and a joy to listen to!  She breaks down the oncology process and important factors when deciding treatment.  You'll be able to hear her passion for helping others ensuring they get the best treatment possible.

-2800 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 530 men will die from breast cancer in 2024.
-Male breast cancer is on the rise.
-What are the risk factors for male breast cancer and why they need genetic test testing?
-How is breast cancer diagnosed in men?
-How is cancer treated in men?
-Are the recommendations for therapy in men?
-Survival rates for men and women?

Stay Connected with Dr. Deepa Halaharvi:
TikTok: @breastdoctor
Instagram: @drdhalaharvi
TBCP Instagram: @thebreastcancerpodcast
Website: https://drdeepahalaharvi.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@deepahalaharvi5917

Instagram: @thebreastcancerpodcast

Dr. Shabana Dewani  is board certified in Medical Oncology, Hematology, and Internal Medicine—and a joy to listen to!  She breaks down the oncology process and important factors when deciding treatment.  You'll be able to hear her passion for helping others ensuring they get the best treatment possible.

As more women delay childbearing to their late 30s and early 40s, many young breast cancer survivors are concerned about preserving their future fertility. If you are a premenopausal woman recently diagnosed with breast cancer, here are answers to some tips you may have related to fertility following breast cancer treatment

Is There Anything women Can Do to Preserve Fertility Prior to Starting Treatment?
Can a woman Become Pregnant While on Tamoxifen?
How Successful Are Women at Becoming Pregnant After Breast Cancer?
How Long Should I Delay Pregnancy After Being Treated for Breast Cancer? 

SABCS 2023: POSITIVE TRIAL update

Stay Connected with Dr. Deepa Halaharvi:
TikTok: @breastdoctor
Instagram: @drdhalaharvi
TBCP Instagram: @thebreastcancerpodcast
Website: https://drdeepahalaharvi.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@deepahalaharvi5917

Instagram: @thebreastcancerpodcast

Breast- Plastic Surgery Educational Series- 3

Dr. Tiwari of Midwest Breast and Aesthetic Surgery has teamed up with Breast Cancer Surgeon and Breast Cancer Survivor, Dr. Deepa Halaharvi to bring you this new educational series.

In this episode, we discuss nipple sparing mastectomy and reconstruction.
-Find out who are the ideal candidates
-Learn about Nipple delay procedure
-Learn about the risks and benefits of each procedure

Connect with Midwest Breast on Instagram: Instagram:
Instagram: @MWBreast

Stay Connected with Dr. Deepa Halaharvi:
TikTok: @breastdoctor
Instagram: @drdhalaharvi
TBCP Instagram: @thebreastcancerpodcast
Website: https://drdeepahalaharvi.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@deepahalaharvi5917

Instagram: @thebreastcancerpodcast

Please join me and Dr. Tiwari as we talk with Dr. Karishma Kirti, who is an Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon in Mumbai, India. She discusses breast cancer incidence, diagnosis treatment in rural and urban India. She is a phenomenal breast surgeon who is spreading awareness on screening, diagnosis, and treatment of breast cancer. She uses social media to educate the community. This is an incredible episode that you don’t want to miss.

Instagram: @DrKarishmaKirti
https://www.drkarishmakirti.com/

Stay Connected with Dr. Deepa Halaharvi:
TikTok: @breastdoctor
Instagram: @drdhalaharvi
TBCP Instagram: @thebreastcancerpodcast
Website: https://drdeepahalaharvi.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@deepahalaharvi5917

Instagram: @thebreastcancerpodcast

In this episode Dr. Tiwari and I talk with Physical Therapist, Jodi Diestler from ReVital Cancer Rehab to learn how prehab and rehab can help a patient through oncology treatment.  We discuss:

They discuss:
•Prehab before breast cancer surgery 
•Cancer rehab after breast cancer diagnosis 
•Limitations after breast reconstruction 
•Lymphedema, fatigue, exercise and more. 

 

Learn more about Revital Cancer Rehab or to find a location near you, click here. 

Instagram: @thebreastcancerpodcast

Two are better than one Breast surgeons:

This is a model where two breast surgeons (myself and Dr. Mark Cripe) collaborate and operate together to perform double mastectomies. Over the last several years, Dr. Mark Cripe and I performed several double mastectomies together. We are both fellowship trained breast surgeons and we train residents and breast surgery fellow (who is already a general surgeon but getting another additional year of training to become a fellowship trained breast surgeon).

We perform a variety of surgeries together for women who opt surgery for both breasts:

Total/simple mastectomies without reconstruction
Skin sparing mastectomies with reconstruction
Nipple sparing mastectomies with reconstruction
Sensation preserving mastectomies with reconstruction,
Goldilocks mastectomies,
Mastectomies with aesthetic flat closure
Mastectomies with VY- advancement flap

This model has several advantages:
Expertise, skill sharing, efficiency, increased patient confidence and comprehensive care

Overall, the "Two are better than One" approach in breast surgery is a thoughtful strategy aimed at providing high-quality, specialized care to women undergoing double mastectomies and reconstruction.

Stay Connected with Dr. Deepa Halaharvi:
TikTok: @breastdoctor
Instagram: @drdhalaharvi
TBCP Instagram: @thebreastcancerpodcast
Website: https://drdeepahalaharvi.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@deepahalaharvi5917

Instagram: @thebreastcancerpodcast

Join me in a conversation with Breast cancer survivor and an author, Jennifer Skinnell and her Breast Surgeon, Dr. Mark Cripe about how she navigated her diagnosis
and how she used her intuition to help guide her journey. Her life is also unique in a sense she lives in an RV. She is very inspirational for anyone who is recently diagnosed with cancer, or is in the middle of their journey.

Don’t Wait provides a personal account of Jennifer’s diagnosis of breast cancer and her medical decision-making, all while living in an RV and staying focused on their travel plans. Jennifer takes the reader on this journey, expressing the emotions and feelings that many face during cancer but may not realize these are normal feelings during an abnormal time. She also emphasizes how important doctor-patient communication was when choosing her treatment plan, and also how important after-surgery care was during recovery to achieve a successful outcome. I highly recommend this book and don't wait- please go out and get it. The link is attached below.

Don't Wait: Our Full-Time RV Journey Through Breast Cancer 

Instagram: @jenniferskinnellauthor
Instagram: @theramblingquilter
Website: jenniferskinnell.com
Website: theramblingquilter.com

Stay Connected with Dr. Deepa Halaharvi:
TikTok: @breastdoctor
Instagram: @drdhalaharvi
TBCP Instagram: @thebreastcancerpodcast
Website: https://drdeepahalaharvi.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@deepahalaharvi5917

Instagram: @thebreastcancerpodcast