Breast Health During Menopause with Amy Comander, MD (Episode 102)

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Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement, Mental Health

4.9 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2022

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

October is breast cancer awareness month, an annual campaign to raise awareness about the impact of breast cancer. That’s especially important for women in the menopause transition and beyond because the risk of breast cancer rises with age. Most breast cancers are found in women who are 55 and older. This week we sat down with marathon runner and breast oncologist Amy Comander, MD, at the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center to discuss how we can manage our risks no matter our family history, genetic makeup, or time of life.

Dr. Comander is Director of Breast Oncology and Cancer Survivorship at the Mass General Cancer Center in Waltham and at Newton Wellesley Hospital. She is Medical Director of the Mass General Cancer Center in Waltham and the Director of Lifestyle Medicine at the Mass General Cancer Center. She is an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. She is board certified in Hematology and Medical Oncology, and she is also board certified in Lifestyle Medicine.

Resources

Katie Couric’s article on her breast cancer.

Research on exercise and breast cancer survival.

Breast cancer risk calculator

Link to the PAVING workbook

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0:00.0	You are listening to Hit Play, Not Pause, a feisty menopause podcast for active performance-minded women.
0:14.6	I am your host, Celine Yeager. Each week, I bring you advice from athletes, scientists, researchers, and other experts to help you feel and perform you best no matter what your hormones are doing.
0:25.0	This show is a production of Live Feisty Media.
0:30.3	Hello, strong feisty women.
0:33.0	As I'm sure most of you know, it is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
0:37.4	And I'm sure most of you are very aware of breast cancer.
0:41.6	But maybe you're less aware of all the risk factors and how to best be proactive about your breast health.
0:49.1	So I was very excited when this week's guest, Dr. Amy Commander, reached out to me offering herself as a
0:56.4	guest. Amy is an avid listener of the show, and she shared with me that she often recommends
1:01.7	the podcast and Next Level, the book I co-wrote with Dr. Stacey Sims, to her patients. And she's
1:08.7	a marathon herself, and she plans to run her 10th Boston Marathon this year
1:13.9	to support the Ellie Fund, which is a nonprofit that provides essential support services for breast
1:19.3	cancer patients to ease their stresses of everyday life. She also has an enormously impressive
1:26.7	resume.
1:28.3	Amy is a breast oncologist at the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center.
1:33.3	She is the director of breast oncology and cancer survivorship at the Mass General Cancer
1:38.6	Center in Waltham and Newton Wellesley Hospital.
1:42.4	And she is the medical director of the Mass General Cancer
1:45.8	Center in Waltham and an instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical School. As if that weren't enough,
1:52.3	she recently became the director of lifestyle medicine at the Mass General Cancer Center.
1:58.0	She is also incredibly delightful. I really enjoyed this conversation with her,
2:03.7	where we dive in on breast health, breast cancer risk, and much more. She shared some resources
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