Breast cancer podcasts
For these recommendations, we looked to the leading foundations and researchers, as well as podcast apps and reviews, to lead us to some of the top breast cancer podcasts that are currently releasing episodes.
Real Pink
Produced by the Susan G. Komen Foundation, Real Pink is hosted by Adam Walker, who talks with survivors and researchers to not only answer some of the most common questions about breast cancer, but also share real stories that
The Breastcancer.org Podcast
While more clinical than some of its counterparts, the Breastcancer.org Podcast has close to a decade’s worth of episodes available for streaming. These range from physicians explaining things they see while treating patients to recaps of new research as it becomes available, meaning if you have a question about new medications or clinical trials, it very well may have already been covered within Breastcancer.org community.
survive + thrive
If you’re looking for a podcast featuring real stories of women both in it and survivors of breast cancer, survive + thrive should be on your list. While you will likely walk away inspired, it is also a chance to hear the raw realities of breast cancer as shared with a breast radiologist and an oncology nurse who serve as your hosts.
The Breast Cancer Recovery Coach Podcast
With new episodes released on Fridays, host Laura Lummer—a survivor herself—shares the truth of life with breast cancer in The Breast Cancer Recovery Coach Podcast. Episodes are aimed at reframing the narrative and will have you walk away with something new to think about in your own journey.
Boobs Aren’t Worth Dying For
Hosted by Deborah Beaumont, RN, who is also a breast cancer survivor, the Boobs Aren’t Worth Dying For podcast gets real about the lifelong effects of the disease and how functional medicine can be part of a collaborative health plan.
Investigating Breast Cancer
This podcast from the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) features the latest research and discoveries about breast cancer. Investigating Breast Cancer is where you can go to hear how research is informing doctors and what new questions are constantly being answered in the ever-advancing world of cancer research and medicine.
Breast Cancer is Boring
If you’re looking for a podcast that makes you feel like you are sitting in a room with your friends, Breast Cancer is Boring is what you need. Hosted by Jocelyn and Lauren, two women living with breast cancer, you’ll get episodes where they are sharing their own experience and others with special guests sharing personal stories and discussing issues affecting the breast cancer community.
Breast cancer books
Whether you are longing for personal stories or combing through books that offer the research and expert breakdown of life with breast cancer, this list of best breast cancer books has a little bit of everything.
The Breast Cancer Book: A Trusted Guide for You and Your Loved Ones
A manual of sorts, The Breast Cancer Book is written by an oncologist, surgeon and survivor with the goal of informing and inspiring patients and their loved ones.
Off Our Chests: A Candid Tour Through the World of Cancer
Co-authored by an oncologist and a cancer survivor, Off Our Chests is alternating viewpoints of a husband and wife that share an honest view of how cancer affects everyone in its vicinity.
Flat: Reclaiming My Body from Breast Cancer
This memoir by Catherine Guthrie is more than the story a queer, feminist breast cancer survivor. Flatis an honest account of life with cancer and why sometimes you have to listen to your body and advocate for yourself.
Pink Hair and Other Terrible Ideas
While a work of fiction, Pink Hair and Other Terrible Ideasby Andrea Pyros is a wonderful book for tweens and teens whose parents have a breast cancer diagnosis; they’ll relate to the story of Josephine dealing with middle school and her mother’s breast cancer at the same time.
The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying
Published shortly after her death, poet Nina Riggs penned The Bright Hour during her journey with metastatic breast cancer, working through her feelings and living each day in the face of a terminal diagnosis.
Dear Friend: Letters of Encouragement, Humor, and Love for Women with Breast Cancer
Handwritten letters penned to women experiencing cancer, Dear Friendis a book full of advice and messages that you or a loved one may need in the midst of breast cancer.
Dr. Susan Love’s Breast Book
For more than two decades this book continues to serve as a guidebook for women with breast cancer; Dr. Susan Love’s Breast Book was penned by the founder of the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation, a visionary in the field.
Breasts: The Owner’s Manual: Every Woman’s Guide to Reducing Cancer Risk, Making Treatment Choices, and Optimizing Outcomes
Not just a book for women with breast cancer, Breasts: The Owner’s Manual aims to arm people with health information about their bodies while debunking myths about breast cancer and its treatment.
The Cancer Journals
Penned by the late Audre Lorde, The Cancer Journals is a peek into the writer and activist’s personal journey with breast cancer.
Breast cancer Instagram accounts
If you’re an avid Instagrammer looking for support, we’ve rounded up some accounts to follow that give a deeper look at life with the disease (and the community that is there with you).
Rethink Breast Cancer
With 30,000 followers, @rethinkbreastcancer is part of a movement to help people everywhere that live with breast cancer.
National Breast Cancer Foundation
Join 15,000 followers of @nbcf for posts on support services, education and patient stories from one of the leading nonprofits.
Living Beyond Breast Cancer
The community of over 12,000 followers that @livingbeyondbc has created is full of resources for people of every age affected by breast cancer.
Shruti Babu
This Austin mother is a survivor and advocate, and her Instagram—@pajamamama512—has over 18,000 followers learning more about breast cancer from someone who lived it. Next up: 50+ Symbolic Breast Cancer Tattoos for Survivors and Loved Ones
