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“If Car Talk was about cancer and hosted by two millennial women.”-Stef’s Oncologist’s Husband
“It’s honest, vulnerable, and unexpected.” -Portland Monthly
Climb in, honey, we’ve got room! Join Amy and Stef as we laugh—or shake our fists—at the stuff only cancer people truly get. The gals put words to living the cancer experience, all while taking care to be gentle with listeners’ tender hearts. Then, it’s relatable letters from fellow cancer people, followed by cool RATS (Recent Advances in Treatments and Science) showcasing promising research that’ll leave you feeling pumped.
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Reoccurring Nightmare

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11/26/21 • 68 min

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What’s that weird scratching noise nobody else can hear? It’s FEAR OF RECURRENCE. Because for some people? That scratching actually IS a hook-handed murderer. This week, the gals are getting real about medical PTSD, random pains, and faking your way through celebratory shots with your muggle friends. If you’re officially NED but still on a first name basis with the schedulers at your hospital, this episode is for you. Survivorship isn’t always all it’s cracked up to be—could it even be MORE stressful than treatment? For some cancer people, the answer is...kinda, yeah, in fact. Then, RATS breaks down the toll cancer takes on us long after we ring that bell. Sleeplessness, anxiety, stalled careers, oh my...
A link to the article discussed in RATS, as well as a link to the other article discussed in RATS!
RATS theme song by Jessica Boudreaux of Summer Cannibals.
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11/26/21 • 68 min

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On Becoming Lava Lamps

Cancer for Breakfast

02/14/22 • 68 min

Alternative Death: it’s not just an underground music genre! We’re talking death rites, honeys, so cover your mirrors! Whether you’ve prepaid for a satin lined coffin or you’re a green-curious pre-deceased, we’ve got hot tips on the right heat for human composting. Stef also has the score on death doulas, aquamation (not just for cadavers anymore!), and a dinner date to detail your death wishes. Pass the salt! Amy’s ready to bring her “living graveyard” idea to market—maybe even in her own yard (is that legal? We’ll let you know). In any case, there’s no escaping the inevitable, so why not learn about options before you’re one foot in the grave? There’s no sugar coating this one, so if you’re feeling death-shy, skip it, with our love. However, we promise this conversation is 0% sad and 100% interesting.
Here are some of the things mentioned in the episode:
Recompose (human composting)
Green Burial Council
Death Over Dinner
The Guardian on aquamation (and Desmond Tutu)
Cancer for Breakfast is hosted by Amy Dials and Stefanie LeJeunesse, and is produced by Nathan McGehee.

Our theme music is by Vyvyvyr. RATS theme song is by Jessica Boudreaux of Summer Cannibals.

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02/14/22 • 68 min

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Marlboro Pinks: The Thing About Komen

Cancer for Breakfast

09/26/21 • 63 min

Pinktober is almost upon us, and...ya know, we don’t care if you relax with a Mike’s Hard Lemonade For The CureTM️, but you should know the truth about Susan G. Komen. First, though, join us for a quick bummer chat. We’ve all lost friends to this dumb disease. It’s what makes cancer so scary, after all—for some of us, it’s deadly. Are the unique connections we make with other cancer people worth it when you know their friendship might be a limited time offer? Obviously, we say yes. Then, it’s back to Susan G. Regulators, mount up! Questionable partnerships, research funding that doesn’t fund much, and pink ribbon lawsuits? We’d rather put our money toward ACTUALLY fighting breast cancer, or at least helping breast cancer patients directly. Now that Komen & friends have made us all super “aware,” can we order a side of cancer cures? Or even some education and prevention plz?? Preferably with less sexism and commodification, and with some gender inclusion?? PROMISE ME! Then, RATS would like you to meet Enhertu, the rising star for HER2 posi babes. A reduced risk of progression might be your DESTINY.

For Gayle Sulik’s inteview, visit Vox: https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2018/10/17/17989624/pinkwashing-breast-cancer-awareness-products-profit

To learn more about or donate to Michelle’s Love: https://michelleslove.org

RATS theme song by Jessica Boudreaux
Theme music by Vyvyvyr
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09/26/21 • 63 min

Snoop’s $$$ Unicorn Cake

Cancer for Breakfast

09/12/21 • 52 min

Is Stef a bad mom? Spoiler: nope! But she IS sending her (masked) kids to school, and people are sending HER concerned emails. Can the muggles just let us live? NEXT!!! Next, is your Cancerversary a celebration of how far you’ve come, or a dreaded countdown clock? Stef’s just crossing that one year mark this week and the emotions are mixed. We’ll have more on milestones next week, but whether you lean in or lean out, it’s a complicated time stamp. The gals over-analyze a friend’s attempt at sharing wisdom by asking: is it cool to use a dead cancer person’s missed life experiences as a warning to others to “drink it up” while they’re still here? Not on Amy’s watch! And certainly not for your own cred. A listener pedals in and explains that her lung cancer is progressing, despite how she may look on the outside. In the next letter, a gal named *BLEEP* tells of her new job at *BLEEP.* We just want insider info (and to spearhead a lawsuit for her). RATS is ratical for bladder cancer detection, and all you need is pee. From your pee pee. Or Penis. Peeeeenisssss.
RATS article: Here
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09/12/21 • 52 min

Freshman Orientation

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08/27/21 • 81 min

Oh hi, are you new here? WTF, huh? Well, you’ve come to the right place. This episode is for everyone, but early stagers to the front! From the dirt on diagnosis to the scoop on scanxiety, this episode covers a lot, and it goes out to you, newbies! Welcome to the wildest party in town. Let’s talk! You’re scared shitless, aren’t ya? Mmhmm, we’ve been there. And so have our listeners! So put down your coat, scooch in, and let us braid your hair. While you still have it!! Lol, ...oh honey, calm down! It’s a joke. And you newly metastatic friends: an entire episode dedicated to you is coming, but we think you’ll benefit from this episode, too.
But first! The gals are jocks now, so we hope you’re prepared to join us or hate us. Right now we can’t even exercise for 10 minutes straight, but we can certainly TALK about doing it for 11 minutes +. Move over Costco, Amy apparently stans Dick’s Sporting Goods now, and Stef’s neighbors are reporting her...for biking in public (is that sweaty woman ok...?). RATS is short but VERY sweet this week. Some mice and their 14 yr old bodybuilder friend are curing metastatic breast cancer! Come for the science, stay for the imposter syndrome. Great hustle, team!
Read more about ErSO, the RATS in this episode!
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Theme song by Vyvyvyr
RATS theme song by Jessica Boudreaux

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08/27/21 • 81 min

Cancer Carded

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08/10/21 • 47 min

Stef’s been chanting mantras in a trailer park healing shack by the sea, should we call for help? Hold the phone—It’s the cancer card episode! You get a cancer card, and YOU get a cancer card, and YOU get one! Listeners share the ways they’ve cashed in on their experience with the big C to enhance myriad situations; we’ve got cops, coffees, and upgrades galore. Also, Big Thief and Big Keef are back and STILL mixed up. Maybe they’ll do a benefit show together? Then, a surprise letter is coming...from inside the house! Someone near and dear reminds fellow blood cancer people to get their covid antibody tests. Finally, HATS... we mean RATS has incredible news for glioblastomas. Magnets: how do they work?!
To learn more about the oscillating magnet beer hat that’s curing glioblastoma, check out this article
Get your own ACTUAL cancer card from Oh You’re So Tough on Etsy
RATS theme song by Jessica Boudreaux
Theme music by Vyvyvyr
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08/10/21 • 47 min

Heaven’s Homerun Derby

Cancer for Breakfast

07/16/21 • 38 min

Lord, beer us strength and grant us patients—we mean patience—because some cancer people are really showing us up with their feats of strength! Even the angels are waving foam fingers in support of our home team’s heavy hitter. Meanwhile, the gals are drinking for a good cause! We’re talkin bout that mighty fine (and hard to find) F* Cancer can. And you can bet we’re still screaming for screening...breast cancer screening, duh! A+S are rounding up stories to get the ACS shakin’ in their boots; send yours in! Hell hath no fury like young survivors ignored! Then, a letter from Amy’s doppelgänger talks treatment and the mindfuck that is diagnosis. Who, me? A cancer person?? Not today, Satan! An ovarian cancer filmmaker shares thoughts on losing fertility, and it’s no summer blockbuster; we share a link to her groundbreaking short about a person dying during the pandemic. It can’t all be a walk in the (ball)park, folks! We slide into home with a RATS that has a vaccine trial targeting Lynch Syndrome, a big-time colon cancer culprit. Score!

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07/16/21 • 38 min

Pixar’s Liquid Biopsy

Cancer for Breakfast

07/29/21 • 64 min

Amy’s dosed herself... again! And this time she’s using the ol’ herb to cope with a new cancer scare. Spoiler alert: this sequel has a happy ending. Then, things get loosey goosey as the gals reminisce about times they’ve used (or abused) their Cancer Cards. Have you swiped yours? Spill the deets; we’re on your side. Also! New business, who dis? Dial 1-800-GoFundMe-4u! While we have you on the line, send over your tips and tricks with the “bald” thing. In letters, it’s sarcoma awareness month! Plus, an update from our favorite ex-Starbucks barista, and a love letter to Yolanda. RATS outta the bag: a new blood test might answer the age-old question: do I even HAVE cancer??
To learn more about the RATS in this episode, visit https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0923753420360580
To read the Healthline article about @forthebreastofus and #WhenYouSeeUs, go here
To read more from our Sarcomie, visit Wonky Arm Blog
To get your own cancer card, go to Oh You’re So Tough

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07/29/21 • 64 min

#ScreamingForScreening

Cancer for Breakfast

07/08/21 • 53 min

Hold onto your headscarves, y’all! The guidelines have changed, and the whitecoats think we should stop feeling it on the first. Don’t they know how much #cancerpeople love a hashtag?! Mmhmm—multiple medical orgs have put the kibosh on breast cancer screening until age 45. The gals (Amy and Stef, not a gross euphemism for boobs) are fired up and taking on big Cancer. Cancer dot gov, that is, AKA The American Cancer Society himself, and we won’t rest until there’s a mammogram machine in every Macy’s in America. Then, a listener shares about her newfound love...with a stage 4 renal cancer Romeo. Friends and fam are worried, but the heart wants what it wants. In the wise words of Zoë Kravitz’s dad, ya gotta let love rule! RATS dives deeper into the world of kidney cancer: what happens when your own immune system borks it? You take an immune checkpoint inhibitor, sweaty!

To learn more about immunotherapy for renal cell carcinoma, check out this article: https://www.uptodate.com/contents/systemic-therapy-of-advanced-clear-cell-renal-carcinoma#H2788680400

Read Josie Rubio’s piece in NYT titled Dating While Dying: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/24/opinion/sunday/dating-while-dying.html

And, correction: Josie had Hodgkin’s Lymphoma! Stef mistakenly said she had MBC.

Gotham Writers now offers the Josie Rubio Scholarship. Info here: https://blogs.gothamwriters.com/2021/04/19/the-josie-rubio-scholarship/

To read the American Cancer Society’s new(ish) guidelines on breast cancer screening, visit https://www.cancer.org/cancer/breast-cancer/screening-tests-and-early-detection/american-cancer-society-recommendations-for-the-early-detection-of-breast-cancer.html

Read stats on breast cancer under 40 diagnoses compiled by Young Survival Coalition: https://www.youngsurvival.org/learn/about-breast-cancer/statistics

The American College Of Radiology on the use of mammograms as a screening tool: https://www.acr.org/Media-Center/ACR-News-Releases/2018/New-Study-Cements-Fact-That-Mammography-is-a-Primary-Factor-in-Reduced-Breast-Cancer-Deaths

The bizarre article about the efficacy of BSEs: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2376382/

Make sure you’re following us on Instagram @cancerforbreakfast for ways to get involved with this #screamingforscreening stuff!
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RATS theme song by Jessica Boudreaux of Summer Cannibals
Theme music by Vyvyvyr

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07/08/21 • 53 min

Birthdays and Battle Ground

Cancer for Breakfast

09/18/21 • 49 min

It’s another recording studio rendezvous and the gals are calling this one a win. As we prep for a pinkwashed October, we have some updates on #screamingforscreening; meanwhile the ACS is too busy following Family Feud and the Kardashians’ social media but like, hardly any cancer people? We call bullshit, and we’ve got the receipts...and the scripts. Then! It’s still Virgo season, babes, and September is a big month for us. We’re expanding on last episode by taking a closer look at milestones: Amy’s birthday, Stef’s birthday, cancerversaries, the first day of school. How has cancer rained on YOUR parade? We’re counting the ways, and also? The ways Big C changes how we celebrate...for the better? But don’t tell—we don’t want to give her the satisfaction.
A well-timed listener letter appears with (wedding) bells on; mazel tov, Katie! Speaking of shoutouts, kudos to some of our favorite cancer podcast cousins, like newbies The Cancer Pod and oldies-but-goodies Thanks Cancer, who inspired this week’s RATS: an mRNA vaccine for melanoma? Don’t mind if I do! And finally, hey hun! Have we got an ~*opportunity*~ for you. Listen to the end to be sure you don’t miss out on this FREE offer.
To learn more about the RATS in this episode visit https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/medical-advances/560080-biontech-mrna-vaccine-for-skin-cancer-enters
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09/18/21 • 49 min

FAQ

How many episodes does Cancer for Breakfast have?

Cancer for Breakfast currently has 60 episodes available.

What topics does Cancer for Breakfast cover?

The podcast is about Health & Fitness, Cancer, Comedy, Podcasts and Oncology.

What is the most popular episode on Cancer for Breakfast?

The episode title 'Reoccurring Nightmare' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Cancer for Breakfast?

The average episode length on Cancer for Breakfast is 54 minutes.

How often are episodes of Cancer for Breakfast released?

Episodes of Cancer for Breakfast are typically released every 11 days.

When was the first episode of Cancer for Breakfast?

The first episode of Cancer for Breakfast was released on Mar 3, 2021.

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