Beat Cancer hosts Chris Joyce and Stephanie Winn sit down with, Laura Fejerman, Ph.D., who is the Placer Breast Cancer Endowed Chair at the Cancer Center, the associate director for the Office of Community Outreach and Engagement, and also co-director for both the Women's Cancer Care and Research Program and the Latinos United for Cancer Health Advancement Initiative. We discuss her work with the community and how her programs work to reduce the cancer burden in underserved communities. Read more about the promotores program here. To learn more about the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, v ..read more

Beat Cancer hosts Chris Joyce and Stephanie Winn sit down with, Megan Ober, OCN, who is specialty trained in cannabis nursing, to talk about the use of cannabis within cancer treatment. We'll discuss myths and ways to have a conversation with your oncologist. Please note this episode is for educational purposes only, always consult your oncology care team any time you consider making changes to your care plan. To learn more about the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, visit https://health.ucdavis.edu/cancer ..read more

Beat Cancer hosts Chris Joyce and Stephanie Winn sit down with UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center child life specialists Jenny Belke, Mackenzie Lee, and Marisa Martinez to talk about the role child life specialists play in caring for our pediatric cancer patients. Learn more about the Child Life Program here. To learn more about the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, visit https://health.ucdavis.edu/cancer ..read more

Beat Cancer host Chris Joyce sits down with Dr. Gerardo Mackenzie, Dr. Cassandra Nguyen, and Charlotte Kerber to discuss food insecurity and its role in cancer care. Our guests have begun a pilot program with the Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services. To learn more about the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://health.ucdavis.edu/cancer⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. To contact Dr. Mackenzie or Dr. Nguyen, please visit the UC Davis Department of Nutrition ..read more

Beat Cancer host Chris Joyce sits down with Dr. Mamta Parikh, a medical oncologist specializing in the treatment of genitourinary malignancies, including bladder cancer, kidney cancer, prostate cancer, and testicular cancer at the ⁠⁠⁠⁠UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center⁠⁠⁠⁠. Also joining the conversation are Jesse and Beverly Campbell. Jesse is a patient of Dr. Parikh and talks about his experience with urothelial cancer and the clinical trials he participated in. To learn more about the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://health.ucdavis.edu/cancer⁠⁠⁠⁠. For more ..read more

Beat Cancer hosts Chris Joyce and Stephanie Winn sit down with Dr. Amy Chen, Assistant Clinical Professor in the Division of Gynecologic Oncology and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the ⁠⁠⁠UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center⁠⁠⁠ to discuss ovarian cancer and Dr. Chen's new pilot study of a standardized extract of cultured lentinula edodes mycelia (AHCC®) on quality of life for ovarian cancer patients on adjuvant chemotherapy. To learn more about the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, visit ⁠⁠⁠https://health.ucdavis.edu/cancer⁠⁠⁠. To learn more about Dr. Chen's pilo ..read more

Beat Cancer hosts Chris Joyce and Stephanie Winn sit down with Dr. Megan Daly, Associate Director for Clinical Research and Associate Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the ⁠⁠UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center⁠⁠ to discuss cancer clinical trials. To learn more about the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, visit ⁠⁠https://health.ucdavis.edu/cancer ..read more

Beat Cancer host Chris Joyce sits down with Dr. Mamta Parikh, Assistant Professor of Hematology and Oncology, specializing in the treatment of genitourinary malignancies at the ⁠⁠UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center⁠⁠ to discuss prostate cancer. To learn more about the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, visit ⁠⁠https://health.ucdavis.edu/cancer ..read more

Hosts Chris Joyce and Stephanie Winn sit down with Dr. Kent Lloyd, Associate Director of Shared Resources at the ⁠UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center⁠ to discuss how the shared resources available to researchers help to inform treatments for patients. To learn more about the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, visit ⁠https://health.ucdavis.edu/cancer ..read more

Hosts Chris Joyce and Stephanie Winn sit down with Dr. Marcio Malogolowkin from the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center to discuss fertility preservation for cancer patients.  Dr. Malogolowkin is the Chief of the Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology for the Cancer Center. To learn more about the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, visit https://health.ucdavis.edu/cancer ..read more