March 05, 2026

What Women Carry: Courage Through Cancer

28 minutes

What women carry through cancer is more than a diagnosis.

In our third episode of this miniseries, Dr. Raven Baxter explores how generations of women turned silence into advocacy and fear into progress, reshaping the perceptions and discussions around cancer over time. Through history, science, and a powerful story from Katrina M. Johnson — a woman who has lived through multiple breast cancer diagnoses and now advocates for others — the episode highlights how women continue to drive change in how cancer is understood, treated, and lived with.

Featured guests:

– Dr. Isaac Chan, Physician‑scientist and Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern

– Kirsten Gardner, Director of Medical Humanities, University of Texas at San Antonio; Author

– Katrina M. Johnson, Breast Cancer Patient; Director of Advocacy and Professional Relations, Pfizer Oncology

Dive into the episode here:

00:00 – The start of three cancer diagnoses

02:06 – The history of breast cancer awareness campaigns

09:27 – How the mastectomy has changed

12:59 – Evolving research in breast cancer

15:10 – Breast cancer impacting body image and sexuality

19:29 – Emerging therapies to address breast cancer

21:18 – Addressing the BRCA gene today

23:30 – Breast cancer advocacy then and now

26:08 – Katrina's takeaways about her breast cancer story

Check out our YouTube channel (@Pfizer) to watch the full interview with Raven & Katrina M. Johnson on her breast cancer journey.

Season 6 of Science Will Win is created by Pfizer and hosted by Dr. Raven Baxter. It’s produced by Acast Creative Studios. Hosts in this podcast series were compensated for their time.

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