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The View: Behind the Table

Gretta Monahan Reflects On Being 5 Years Cancer-Free With Dr. Elizabeth Comen

The View: Behind the Table

ABC News

Tv & Film

4.72.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Renowned breast cancer oncologist Dr. Elizabeth Comen and businesswoman and breast cancer survivor Gretta Monahan join executive producer Brian Teta on this special episode of “Behind The Table” in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month. Monahan reflects on being five years cancer-free and Dr. Comen shares her tips and insights on early detection and what women need to know to stay healthy. Dr. Elizabeth Comen’s book, “All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today,” is available here: https://bit.ly/4dOMxE6 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

I'm Brian Tetta, executive producer of The View.

0:03.2

Today we have a very special episode.

0:05.1

We're talking about Breast Cancer Awareness Month

0:07.8

with the View's lifestyle expert in breast cancer survivor

0:10.4

Greta Monaghan and breast cancer medical ecologist at NYU Langone, Dr Elizabeth Coleman.

0:16.0

This is behind the table.

0:18.0

All right, well welcome to the podcast, Greta and Dr. Coleman.

0:25.5

This is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

0:27.9

Dr. Coleman was on the live show today,

0:29.6

and Greta, you've been an outspoken advocate

0:32.1

for the breast cancer community since you were

0:33.8

diagnosed in 2019 and that's how you two met right?

0:37.4

That's exactly right.

0:38.4

We met because I sought out Dr. Komen to help me with my diagnosis. I had been diagnosed with hormone

0:46.8

positive breast cancer in one breast, my left breast, and I underwent a double mastectomy. I was on the road to recovery as well as

0:58.2

having to moxifin be my my treatment recommendation and then six months or sorry six weeks later there was a

1:07.2

piece of the pathology that had to continually go back to the lab to be restained it kept kept failing, they couldn't get it done, and they kept continuing to do that and it came back, her too positive, which really turned my entire diagnosis on its head. And so I was very confused, very frightened

1:26.1

to hear that I had a new breast cancer type

1:29.0

that was more aggressive, and I went straight

1:31.3

to Dr. Komen and said, oh my God, what do I do?

1:34.0

Please help me.

1:36.0

Well, I know this is the year you're celebrating five years as a cancer survivor.

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