Beat Cancer hosts Chris Joyce and Stephanie Winn sit down with, Laura Fejerman, Ph.D., who is the Placer Breast Cancer Endowed Chair at the Cancer Center, the associate director for the Office of Community Outreach and Engagement, and also co-director for both the Women's Cancer Care and Research Program and the Latinos United for Cancer Health Advancement Initiative. We discuss her work with the community and how her programs work to reduce the cancer burden in underserved communities. Read more about the promotores program here.

To learn more about the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, visit https://health.ucdavis.edu/cancer/

Beat Cancer hosts Chris Joyce and Stephanie Winn sit down with, Megan Ober, OCN, who is specialty trained in cannabis nursing, to talk about the use of cannabis within cancer treatment. We'll discuss myths and ways to have a conversation with your oncologist. Please note this episode is for educational purposes only, always consult your oncology care team any time you consider making changes to your care plan.

To learn more about the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, visit https://health.ucdavis.edu/cancer/

Beat Cancer hosts Chris Joyce and Stephanie Winn sit down with UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center child life specialists Jenny Belke, Mackenzie Lee, and Marisa Martinez to talk about the role child life specialists play in caring for our pediatric cancer patients. Learn more about the Child Life Program here.

To learn more about the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, visit https://health.ucdavis.edu/cancer/

Beat Cancer host Chris Joyce sits down with Dr. Gerardo Mackenzie, Dr. Cassandra Nguyen, and Charlotte Kerber to discuss food insecurity and its role in cancer care. Our guests have begun a pilot program with the Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services. To learn more about the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://health.ucdavis.edu/cancer⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. To contact Dr. Mackenzie or Dr. Nguyen, please visit the UC Davis Department of Nutrition.

Beat Cancer host Chris Joyce sits down with Dr. Mamta Parikh, a medical oncologist specializing in the treatment of genitourinary malignancies, including bladder cancer, kidney cancer, prostate cancer, and testicular cancer at the ⁠⁠⁠⁠UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center⁠⁠⁠⁠. Also joining the conversation are Jesse and Beverly Campbell. Jesse is a patient of Dr. Parikh and talks about his experience with urothelial cancer and the clinical trials he participated in. To learn more about the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://health.ucdavis.edu/cancer⁠⁠⁠⁠.

For more information on the Campbell's book, visit https://gorhamprinting.com/book/my-journey-to-survive.

Beat Cancer hosts Chris Joyce and Stephanie Winn sit down with Dr. Shehnaz Hussain, molecular epidemiologist and Associate Director of Population Sciences at the ⁠⁠⁠UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center⁠⁠⁠ to discuss her study on wildfire smoke and how it leads to increased risk of cancer among firefighters. To learn more about the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, visit ⁠⁠⁠https://health.ucdavis.edu/cancer⁠⁠⁠.

To learn more about Dr. Hussain's research study, visit: https://studypages.com/s/california-firefighter-cancer-research-study-215220/?ref=gallery

Beat Cancer hosts Chris Joyce and Stephanie Winn sit down with Dr. Amy Chen, Assistant Clinical Professor in the Division of Gynecologic Oncology and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the ⁠⁠⁠UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center⁠⁠⁠ to discuss ovarian cancer and Dr. Chen's new pilot study of a standardized extract of cultured lentinula edodes mycelia (AHCC®) on quality of life for ovarian cancer patients on adjuvant chemotherapy. To learn more about the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, visit ⁠⁠⁠https://health.ucdavis.edu/cancer⁠⁠⁠.

To learn more about Dr. Chen's pilot study, visit: https://studypages.com/s/study-of-shiitake-mushroom-mycelia-extract-for-women-with-ovarian-cancer-672718/ or https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05763199

Beat Cancer hosts Chris Joyce and Stephanie Winn sit down with Dr. Megan Daly, Associate Director for Clinical Research and Associate Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the ⁠⁠UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center⁠⁠ to discuss cancer clinical trials. To learn more about the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, visit ⁠⁠https://health.ucdavis.edu/cancer⁠⁠.