234: What You Can Do to Reduce the Risk of Developing Breast Cancer with Dr. Amy Comander

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Dr. Amy Comander explains the significance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month and offers recommendations on how to lower your chance of developing breast cancer in this episode. Stay tuned to learn what you need to know about breast this disease!

In this episode, you will learn:

• The importance of a breast cancer screening
• What are non-modifiable and modifiable risk factors
• How lifestyle medicine reduces the risk of breast cancer

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• 192: Raising Awareness on Cancer Survivorship with Dr. Amy Herman Comander and Dr. Simran Malhotra
• 222: The Blue Zones Lifestyle Principle with Dr. Michelle Tollefson

About Dr. Amy Comander

Dr. Amy Herman Comander is a breast oncologist at the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center. She is the Director of Breast Oncology and Survivorship at the Mass General Cancer Center in Waltham and at Newton Wellesley Hospital, and Medical Director of the Mass General Cancer Center in Waltham. She is now the Director of Lifestyle Medicine at the Mass General Cancer Center.

After majoring in Neurobiology as part of the Mind, Brain, and Behavior Initiative at Harvard, she attended the Yale University School of Medicine, where she discovered her interest in the field of Oncology. She completed her Internal Medicine residency and Hematology-Oncology fellowship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School. She is board certified in Hematology and Medical Oncology, and she became board certified in Lifestyle Medicine in 2020. She is on the board of the Ellie Fund, which provides support to women with breast cancer in Massachusetts. She has a passion for improving the quality of life and outcome of cancer survivors through lifestyle interventions, including exercise, diet, and mind/body strategies.

In collaboration with Dr. Beth Frates and Dr. Michelle Tollefson, she has launched “PAVING the Path to Wellness,” a lifestyle medicine-based program for breast cancer survivors. Recently, Dr. Comander, Dr. Beth Frates, and Dr. Michelle Tollefson have published the "PAVING the Path to Wellness" workbook. Dr. Comander” practices what she preaches,” and she recently ran her 9th consecutive Boston Marathon to support the Ellie Fund.

Connect with Dr. Amy

• Twitter: @DrAmyComander
• Instagram: @dramycomander

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