BRCA & Beyond | A Hereditary Cancer Podcast

If you're a hereditary cancer previvor, in treatment, or a cancer survivor, this podcast is for you.

BRCA & Beyond is a hereditary cancer podcast for previvors, survivors, and mutation carriers navigating a genetic mutation, including BRCA1, BRCA2, Lynch syndrome, PALB2, CHEK2, ATM, TP53, CDH1, PTEN, RAD51C, RAD51D, STK11, and beyond.

Whether you're weighing genetic testing, navigating a family history of cancer, considering preventive surgery, in active treatment, living in survivorship, or supporting a loved one through a hereditary cancer diagnosis, you'll find real conversations here.

Hosted by Marisa Stachelski, a stage 1 colon cancer survivor and BRCA2 previvor, each episode covers what genetic counseling and clinical care often leave out... identity, body image, intimacy, fertility, career, family planning, and survivor's guilt.

You'll hear from previvors, survivors, mutation carriers, caregivers, genetic counselors, and oncology experts on the realities of hereditary cancer risk, prophylactic surgery, surveillance, hereditary cancer screening, and life after a mutation diagnosis.

Topics include hereditary breast and ovarian cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, colorectal cancer, colon cancer, pancreatic cancer, inherited cancer risk, genetic testing, and living with a hereditary cancer syndrome.

Because a positive genetic test result changes more than your medical chart. New episodes every week for the hereditary cancer community.

BRCA & Beyond is written, recorded, and run independently by Marisa, a colon cancer survivor and BRCA2 previvor. If this podcast has helped you, you can support the mission here:

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Episoder(41)

From Diagnosis to Advocacy | Kathy Baker on BRCA, Genetic Testing & the Story Behind My Faulty Gene

What if one conversation, one decision, could change the way you think about your health forever?In this episode of BRCA and Beyond, I’m joined by Kathy Baker, founder and executive director of My Fau...

23 Apr 1h 3min

When BRCA Runs in Your Family:

What happens when cancer risk isn’t just a possibility… but a pattern in your family?In this episode of BRCA & Beyond, I’m joined by Vanessa Federico, also known as the BRCA Babe, who shares what it’s...

10 Apr 1h 28min

Not Sick, Not Fine: Living With a Genetic Mutation

What does it actually feel like to live with a genetic mutation like BRCA, Lynch syndrome, or other hereditary cancer risks?Not the medical side. Not the statistics.In this episode, I’m talking about ...

3 Apr 1h 13min

Will I Ever Feel Normal Again?

Will I Ever Feel Normal Again? Healing and Finding a New NormalAfter a cancer diagnosis, genetic mutation discovery, or life-changing medical news, one question quietly sits in the back of so many min...

12 Mar 1h 11min

Colon Cancer at 37: Symptoms I Didn’t Ignore & Why Early Detection Saves Lives

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, and in this episode I’m sharing the story that started everything.At 37 years old, I was diagnosed with stage 1 colon cancer after experiencing symptoms tha...

5 Mar 52min

Preparing for a Mastectomy

If you’re preparing for a mastectomy—whether it’s a preventative mastectomy because of a BRCA gene mutation or a mastectomy as part of breast cancer treatment—this episode is for you.I recorded this o...

19 Feb 56min

What Happens After Genetic Testing?

What really happens after you get your genetic test results?In this episode of BRCA & Beyond, Marisa sits down with genetic counselor Sharon Pollack from JScreen to walk through what genetic testing c...

12 Feb 1h 7min

Cancer Prevention Month… For Us, It’s Every Day With a Genetic Mutation

Cancer Prevention Month… For Us, It’s Every Day With a Genetic MutationFebruary is Cancer Prevention Month. But for those of us living with a genetic mutation like BRCA, prevention isn’t something we ...

5 Feb 1h 8min