Episode 381: Knowledge is Power: Living at High Risk of Breast Cancer

People who had radiation treatment to the chest area for certain types of cancer early in life have an increased risk of breast cancer later in life. Today, we welcome a special guest back to the show, Amy Colver. Amy is Manager of Health Information & Publications at Komen and an oncology certified, licensed independent social worker who has worked in the oncology space, so she knows more about cancer from an educational standpoint than most. Today, she is here to share that she’s also a cancer survivor and lives with the reality that a treatment she had for lymphoma in young adulthood put her at a higher risk of breast cancer. She’ll talk to us about how to process risk and what ongoing care, screening and emotional resilience really looks like. Above all, Amy knows the power of turning awareness into action, and how understanding your risk factors can become more of a source of empowerment than fear.