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Oncology Overdrive


Aug 8, 2024

In this special throwback episode, Shikha Jain, MD, talks with Olympic champion Kikkan “Kikkanimal” Randall, about how her positive attitude and athlete mentality have helped her navigate a breast cancer diagnosis and treatment, valuable advice for both oncologists and patients and more.

•    Intro 1:44
•    About Randall 1:58
•    The interview 3:22
•    Tell us a bit about you. Who are you? How did you get to where you are and how did you decide you wanted to be a part of the U.S. Olympic cross-country ski team? 3:51
•    How were you diagnosed? 6:12
•    How old were you when you first realized that you had this pebble in your breast? 7:33
•    What type of mentality is it that makes you such a phenomenal Olympic athlete that you were able to translate into this taking charge of your health and taking charge of your cancer as you move forward? 9:20
•    What was the best way for you to cope as you felt this loss of control going through your treatment in certain times? 12:09
•    What did you do to prepare for your clinic visits when you were trying to advocate for yourself? 16:17
•    Can you talk more about the video blog you kept during treatment? 17:55
•    How did you navigate the disease with your son? 21:50
•    How long do they recommend for you to wait to try again (to conceive)? Did you have those conversations? 26:17
•    Do you feel like you are mentally approaching this period of your post-cancer care or your post-treatment time? 29:58
•    Randall running a marathon following the completion of her treatment 32:07
•    How did you get involved with Healthy Futures and Fast and Female, and what exactly do they do? 38:08
•    Did the way that you participate in advocacy change after you were diagnosed with cancer? 42:46
•    One thing you wish oncologists knew when they are treating patients with any kind of cancer, and one thing patients should know if they’re newly diagnosed? 48:09
•    How to find Randall 50:26
•    Thanks for listening 51:58

Kikkan Randall is an Olympic champion, active mom, cancer fighter and “Get-Activist.” 

We’d love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to Dr. Jain at oncologyoverdrive@healio.com. Follow Healio on X and LinkedIn: @HemOncToday and https://www.linkedin.com/company/hemonctoday/. Follow Dr. Jain on X: @ShikhaJainMD. Randall can be reached at kikkan.com

Disclosures: Jain reports no relevant financial disclosures.