Episodes

  • Family Ties and Cancer Clues

    Family Ties and Cancer Clues
    Sep 10 2025
    More inherited genes for cancer have been discovered at Huntsman Cancer Institute than anywhere else in the world—thanks to one of our most valuable resources, the Utah Population Database (UPDB). UPDB director Nicola Camp, PhD, guides us through how this unique system works and how its researchers impact the people of Utah and beyond. Plus, Lisa Cannon-Albright, PhD, discusses the visionaries who started the project back in the 1970s.

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    31 mins
  • Mobile Medicine, Telehealth: Advancing Cancer Care Across Distances

    Mobile Medicine, Telehealth: Advancing Cancer Care Across Distances
    Mar 18 2025

    In this episode, we discuss how Huntsman Cancer Institute is advancing cancer care in rural areas through mobile medicine and telehealth. We travel along with the mobile screening clinic to the Utah/Nevada border town of Wendover, and Dr. Tracy Onega tackles how telehealth can keep patients connected to their oncologists in urban areas.


    Music composed by Mix at Six and Artlist.


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    27 mins
  • Significant Discoveries in Understanding, Preventing and Treating Breast Cancer

    Significant Discoveries in Understanding, Preventing and Treating Breast Cancer
    Jan 27 2025

    In this episode, we explore significant discoveries in breast cancer screening, treatment, and research at Huntsman Cancer Institute. Jessica Rivera, a breast cancer survivor, shares her story. ​Dr. Phoebe Freer discusses advances in breast cancer screening, and Dr. Alana Welm explains her team's efforts to understand metastasis in an aggressive form of the disease.


    Music composed by Mix at Six and Artlist.

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    38 mins
  • Using AI to Diagnose and Treat Cancer

    Using AI to Diagnose and Treat Cancer
    Dec 10 2024

    In this episode, we're talking artificial intelligence. What is it? And how are we using AI to push the limits of cancer care? Huntsman Cancer Institute's Dr. Jonathan Tward joins us for an in-depth conversation about the possibilities of AI. This episode also features Taylor Smedley, Director of Visitor Experience & Community Engagement at the Leonardo, a museum in downtown Salt Lake City.


    Theme composed by Mix at Six. Additional music from Artlist.


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    34 mins
  • Preserving Dreams for Young Cancer Patients through Oncofertility ​

    Preserving Dreams for Young Cancer Patients through Oncofertility ​
    Nov 12 2024

    In this episode, we explore expanding efforts to offer fertility preservation options to adolescent and young adult (AYA) patients. Cancer treatment can affect many young patients' reproductive systems — but with planning and careful consultation, there is hope that they can still be parents. ​Dr. Doug Fair and Dawn Ritzwoller discuss their experiences and advocacy in this area.


    Music composed by Mix at Six and Blue Dot Sessions.


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    32 mins
  • Engaging Communities to Advance a Cancer-free Frontier Part 2

    Engaging Communities to Advance a Cancer-free Frontier Part 2
    Jun 18 2024


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    23 mins
  • Engaging Communities to Advance a Cancer-free Frontier Part 1

    Engaging Communities to Advance a Cancer-free Frontier Part 1
    Jun 4 2024


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    39 mins
  • Closing the Historic Care Gap for American Indians

    Closing the Historic Care Gap for American Indians
    May 7 2024


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    39 mins