Pamela Simon, NP, from Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, and Dr. Joshua Fronk, from Stanford Palliative Car, draw on their experience with adolescent and young adult (AYA) patients to discuss the particulars of cancer diagnoses among this population.  This discussion provides a holistic look at the life changes AYA patients face after diagnoses, the resources and support available to them throughout treatment, and the transition to life after treatment.

Stanford Cancer Supportive Care Program: Cancer in Adolescent and Young Adult Patients

Breast cancer is complex.  Patients facing breast cancer are not alone in the complexity of their disease.  At Stanford Cancer Center, we recognize patients with breast cancer come to us with different desires and needs.  While Stanford offers expertise in cancer care, we rely on patients to offer expertise regarding their body, habits, and lifestyle preferences.

In this podcast, George Sledge, MD, and Lisa Shah, PA, discuss their decision making process in recommending appropriate treatments for patients with breast cancer based on their unique preferences, needs and goals.

Stanford Cancer Supportive Care Program: Navigating the Complexity of Breast Cancer

Patty McLucas and Tam Fandre discuss the benefits of meditation and share a couple techniques that can be applied in any setting.
 
Patty McLucas and Tom Fandre teach Mindfulness Mediation offered by the Cancer Supportive Care Program at Stanford Health Care.

Stanford Cancer Supportive Care Program: Mindfulness During Treatment

Chiara Riga was diagnosed with stage IV metastatic breast cancer at the age of 26. In this podcast, She talks about what quality of life means to her and how she has found support throughout the cancer community.

For more information, visit: https://stanfordhealthcare.org/for-patients-visitors/cancer-supportive-care-program.html

Stanford Cancer Supportive Care Program: Living in the Moment

Esther Chyan, RN and Deanna Beyer, MPH have been facilitators with the StoryCorps program at Stanford Health Care since 2017. In this podcast they talk about the power of storytelling and how stories create community and the opportunity for reflection and healing.

Stanford Cancer Supportive Care Program: Creating Community Through Storytelling

Joshua Fronk, MD, and Shelia Lahijani, MD discuss the grief and distress cancer patients experience that sometimes goes unrecognized.

Stanford Cancer Supportive Care Program: Grief and Existential Suffering

Your Nerdy Valentines

Meet Flora Lichtman

Your Butterfly Memories

Caller Question: Seasonal Allergies

More than a year ago, Stanford neurosurgeon Paul Kalanithi, MD, wrote a searing column in the New York Times entitled, "How Long Have I Got Left?"  There he described his battle with lung cancer and how he was facing his own mortality. This 1:2:1 podcast is a companion to a beautiful piece he’s written for Stanford Medicine magazine - to be sure, no matter what his health status, he will live on.

Read an essay from Paul in Stanford Medicine magazine: http://stanmed.stanford.edu/2015spring/before-i-go.html

Days are long, years are short: Paul Kalanithi on time (2015)

The "1:2:1" podcast is a series of conversations about advances in healthcare policy and biomedical research, produced by the Stanford Health Care and School of Medicine’s Office of Communications. The podcast is hosted by Paul Costello, Stanford Medicine's senior communications strategist and adviser,

Days are long, years are short: Paul Kalanithi on time (2015)

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