CancerSurvivorMD®
Hello! Welcome to CancerSurvivorMD’s podcast by Brad and Josie!
We will share our experiences with living in sickness, health, and anything in between to allow healing and growth. The topics will focus on cancer survivors and caregivers but will likely resonate with anyone who has been diagnosed with any health condition.
Brad is a retired English professor and cancer survivor, now a facilitator of the Writing as Healing workshop.
Josie is a retired medical oncologist and cancer survivor.
If you have any questions or topic suggestions, please send them our way, and we will try to incorporate your request.
Please take a look at the disclaimers (https://cancersurvivormd.org/disclaimers). Words can hurt—if you feel you might get or have been triggered, please stop listening and seek support.
Episodes
22 episodes
Essential Elements of Cancer Survivorship Care: Screening for Secondary Cancers
Brad Buchanan, Colleen Dwyer, and I will discuss an essential aspect of cancer survivorship care. In this episode, we’ll focus on the importance of screening for secondary cancers among cancer survivors.Relevant links pertinent to this e...
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Episode 22
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35:11
Author Chat - Joelle Kaufman
Joelle Kaufman — cancer survivor, BRCA1 carrier, and author of “Crushing the Cancer Curve Ball: A Playbook for the Newly Diagnosed (and Their Family and Friends)” — joins Josie and co-host Brad Buchanan to talk about building a practical, compa...
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Episode 21
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51:27
Essential Elements of Cancer Survivorship Care: Cancer Surveillance
In this episode, we sit down with social worker Colleen Dwyer from Cancer Bridges to talk about one of the five key parts of survivorship care: keeping an eye out for cancer coming back, also called cancer surveillance.We’ll share what ...
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Episode 20
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48:19
The FDA is failing rare disease patients. I’m one of them.
In this powerful conversation, G [Josie] Van Londen, MD, shares her journey with primary mitochondrial disease and the life-changing impact of the investigational drug elamipretide. She describes the invisible toll of her condition, the relief ...
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Episode 19
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14:04
Provider Talk with Colleen Dwyer Diehl
In this episode, Dr. Josie welcomes Colleen Dwyer Diehl, LCSW, a clinical social worker at Cancer Bridges, to introduce an exciting new mini-series on cancer survivorship. Colleen shares her journey, the mission of Cancer Bridges, a...
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Episode 18
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31:24
Author Chat with Patrick Bringley
In this episode, we sit down with Patrick Bringley, MA, author of All the Beauty in the World, to explore his profound journey from working at The New Yorker to spending a decade as a museum guard at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. ...
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Episode 17
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42:47
Caregiver Chat with Gary
Caregiving is a journey that touches many of our lives in profound and often unexpected ways. It is a role that demands resilience, compassion, and adaptability. In this episode, I have the pleasure of speaking with Gary Marzolf, w...
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Episode 16
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40:30
Author Chat with Chris Gabbard
“A Life Beyond Reason: Chris Gabbard on Loss, Caregiving, and Spiritual Growth”In this deeply moving episode, Chris Gabbard, PhD, MA, professor and author of A Life Beyond Reason, shares his profo...
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Episode 15
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51:56
Author Chat with Jill Squire
Discover the essential tools and wisdom to empower yourself or a loved one through a cancer journey in our latest episode. Featuring author Jill Squire, BSN, RN, OCN, and her groundbreaking book "Cancer Jo...
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Episode 14
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41:44
Survivor Chat with Brad and Josie: Cancer Treatment Complications Part 2
Could you endure the excruciating pain of cancer therapy complications and still find gratitude in the experience? Join us as Brad shares his gripping story of survival following a stem cell transplant in early 2016. Brad takes us through the a...
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Episode 13
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46:27
Survivorchat with Brad and Josie: Cancer Treatment Complications Part 1
Join us as Brad and I dive into the unspoken challenges related to cancer therapies. We share our personal experiences with honesty and vulnerability. We had so much content that we split it into two parts. This is the first part, ...
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Episode 12
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28:46
Author Chat with Kate Washington
I sit down with Kate Washington to discuss her compelling book, "Already Toast," which delves into the profound and multifaceted caregiving journey. Kate shares her deeply personal experience of caring for her husband as he underwent a stem cel...
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Episode 11
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45:24
Survivor Chat with Brad and Josie: Cancer Recurrence
How do you navigate the turbulent waters of cancer recurrence and its treatment? In this emotionally charged episode, we share deeply personal stories of battling persistent abnormal cells, undergoing numerous medical procedures (s...
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Episode 10
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51:36
Survivor Chat with Brad and Josie: Initial Cancer Treatment Part 2
In this second part of the podcast episode, hosts Brad and his co-host delve into Brad's harrowing experience with aggressive cancer treatment. Initially diagnosed with an indolent form of cancer, Brad's condition rapidly worsened, leading ...
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Episode 9
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34:28
Survivor Chat with Brad and Josie: Initial Cancer Treatment Part 1
Discovering cancer during a prenatal checkup was a curveball I never saw coming. Listen closely as I open up about my battle with HPV-related cancer, diving into the emotional rollercoaster from the initial diagnosis of low-grade dysplasia to t...
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Episode 8
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32:11
Survivor Chat with Brad and Josie: Diagnostic Phase of Initial Diagnosis
In this episode, we will be speaking about our personal experiences with the diagnostic part of our journey for our initial diagnosis, such as delay in workup, needing more tissue for diagnostic purposes (multiple times being biopsied, etc.), b...
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Episode 7
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43:20
Survivor Chat with Brad and Josie: What Brings Us Here
Brad and Josie describe a summary of their significant and chronic health issues, which we will discuss in more detail in future episodes.
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Episode 6
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17:04
Author Chat with Liz O'Riordan
When the surgeon's scalpel is aimed at oneself, the world turns on its head. Dr. Liz O'Riordan, MD, FRCS, PhD, a former British surgeon now on a mission to educate after multiple breast cancer diagnoses, joins us to share her compelling story. ...
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Episode 5
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48:47
Author Chat with Brad Buchanan
Have you ever witnessed the metamorphosis of the human spirit through the darkest of times? Brad Buchanan, PhD, MA, a resilient cancer survivor and former English professor, joins us to share his captivating journey of battling cancer, undergoi...
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Episode 4
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1:01:22
Author Chat with Ethan Joella
When the pages of a book flutter closed, the story lingers, etching itself into the fabric of our beings. Such is the essence of our latest chat with Ethan Joella, PhD, MA, MFA, MS, a revered storyteller and University of Delaware educator, who...
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Episode 3
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31:31
Author Chat with Elaine Schattner
When Elaine Schattner, MD, MS, stepped into our studio, she brought with her a treasure trove of insights from her journey as a physician and breast cancer survivor. Her book lays the groundwork for our conversation, chronicling the transformat...
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Episode 2
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54:19
A Podcast for and by Cancer Survivors
Navigating life's tightrope while carrying the weight of health challenges requires a strength that many of us discover only when tested by fire. I'm Josie, your guide through this intimate exploration of how to strike a balance between self-ca...
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Episode 1
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3:23