How do you know what to trust online and even - dare I say it - in podcasts, when it comes to breast cancer? There is so much information out there nowadays including people claiming to have “cures” and alternatives to traditional treatments. That’s why I needed to get Consultant Oncologist and Chief Medical Officer for Macmillan, Richard Simcock, onto this episode to help us sift through fact and fiction.

Show Notes

Website - https://www.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-information-and-support/worried-about-cancer/cancer-myths-and-misinformation

Cancer Research also has a guide to spotting cancer misinformation - https://news.cancerresearchuk.org/2024/02/16/sorting-fact-from-fiction-a-guide-to-spotting-health-misinformation/

CEO and Founder of Menopause and Cancer, Dani Binnington, talks to me about her own experience of the menopause with breast cancer, what menopause can look like when you are a BC patient and ways to cope.

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Menopause and Cancer is a global support network to help every woman living with cancer manage their menopause symptoms.

For free, practical and accessible support you can visit

www.menopauseandcancer.org

@menopause_and_cancer

For a copy of Navigating Menopause After Cancer go here: https://amzn.eu/d/033PUCt6

The FB support group Dani mentioned is here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/menopauseandcancerchathub/

You can also listen to Dani’s podcast here:

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-menopause-and-cancer-podcast/id1631842514

Health psychology expert Dr Lauren Heathcote talks to Liz about the impact of breast cancer in our mental health and how to manage the dreaded scanxiety.

Find out more about Lauren and her team’s research here - https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/lauren-heathcote

https://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/entrust

Their paper on Scanxiety and ‘bracing for bad news' - is here: https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-52747-001.

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