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As a Woman

The Rise of Breast Cancer in Young Women with Dr. Sangeetha Kolluri

As a Woman

Natalie Crawford

Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2026

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, reproductive endocrinologist Dr. Natalie Crawford sits down with board-certified breast surgeon Dr. Sangeetha Kolluri to unpack a vital conversation around the rising rates of breast cancer diagnoses in young women. Moving past generic, one-size-fits-all medical advice, they dive deep into the absolute necessity of personalized screening and risk assessments to ensure no woman slips through the cracks. By highlighting how true self-advocacy and early action save lives, this episode serves as a critical blueprint for young women looking to take control of their own breast health and reproductive futures. What You’ll Learn: The surprising intersection of the peripartum period and an elevated baseline risk that every postpartum woman needs to understand. Why standard age-based screening guidelines might fail young women, and the specific diagnostic gaps that occur before age 40. The hidden relationship between a customized hereditary cancer gene panel and navigating complex results like variants of unknown significance (VUS). How a specific, free online tool uses your detailed family history and imaging data to completely personalize your preventative screening schedule. The critical timeline linking urgent fertility preservation, chemotherapy, and protecting your ovarian reserve after an unexpected diagnosis. Guest Resources: Instagram: @breasttexas Tiktok: @wildflowerbreastcenter Website: wildflowerbreast.com Host Resources: Order The Fertility Formula! ⁠https://www.nataliecrawfordmd.com/book⁠ Newsletter: nataliecrawfordmd.com/newsletter Instagram: @nataliecrawfordmd Youtube Channel: Natalie Crawford MD Interested in becoming a patient?: Fora Fertility Earn FREE CE/CME: Learn at Pinnacle App This episode is brought to you by The Pinnacle Podcast Network.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Attention all passengers.

0:04.2

The Uber ride for Mark and Jamal's romantic weekend will depart in four minutes from Platform 6.

0:10.5

Your ride comes with a rolling countryside sunset view and a table seat, ideal for playing footsie beneath.

0:17.9

Thank you for booking your tickets on Uber.

0:25.5

Trains on Uber. There's a lot of shatter about birth control, fertility treatment, causing people to get cancer. Breast pain is an important thing to

0:31.7

talk about, but most breast cancers are painless. Okay, I think that's important. When we talk about

0:37.0

screening mammograms, we usually start at age 40, we're missing 10% of people. Because we don't wanna miss a cancer in someone who's high risk. The risk of harm from that false positive rate is high. I would say the number one thing you can do is own your medical record. There must be women who are caught in between these two worlds. Once you see something, you cannot unsee it. You might end up

0:55.2

three biopsies later with nothing. Welcome back to the as a woman podcast. I'm your host,

1:04.5

Dr. Natalie Crawford, and today I'm so excited to bring you a special episode talking all about

1:10.1

the rise in breast cancer diagnosis

1:11.8

in young women and all of the questions that this raises for us. Why is this happening?

1:16.7

Who is at risk? What should we be doing differently and how should we think about this?

1:20.9

My guest today is Dr. Sangheitha Kalori, a board certified fellowship trained breast surgeon

1:25.1

and the founder of Wildflower Breast Center here in Austin, Texas. She specializes and advocating for personalized care for women with breast cancer.

1:33.0

And in this episode, we're discussing that rise in early breast cancer, how we screen thinking

1:37.9

about the individual, and what options exist that you should be thinking about. This episode is

1:43.0

for anybody who wants to be proactive,

2:02.5

informed, empowered, whether it's for yourself, a family member, or a friend. Dr. Cullery, thank you so much for being here. Thank you so much for having me. This is really exciting. We've been trying to do this for a while, so I'm just thrilled to be here. I know. We've been friends for a long time. I think it's important that everybody knows this, that in real life, you and I take care of so many patients together.

2:04.6

I feel like we're talking every single week about a patient and helping them navigate this really complex time where two of the most

2:10.4

really feels like overwhelming times in a medical life converge, which can be trying to think about

2:15.7

your fertility and infertility and fertility

2:17.6

preservation and a new breast cancer diagnosis. Okay, you and I are both seeing a lot of young

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