What If You Had More Options for Breast Cancer Screening?

About this episode

In this episode, Dominique Sachse discusses breast health and screening options with Dr. Jenn Simmons, an advocate for patient-centered care.

🎟️ Don’t miss your chance to experience the Behind the Curtain tour LIVE! Grab your tickets now before they’re gone! Get yours here: https://linktr.ee/over50flourishing   In this episode of Over 50 and Flourishing , I sit down with Dr. Jenn Simmons for a conversation about breast health, medical autonomy, and why she believes women deserve more options and better information when it comes to breast cancer screening and care. Dr. Jenn Simmons is a former breast cancer surgeon turned outspoken advocate for a more holistic and patient-centered approach to women’s health. She is the founder of PerfeQTion Imaging and jennsimmonsmd.com, the author of The Smart Woman’s Guide to Breast Cancer , and host of the Keeping Abreast podcast. Through her work, she’s challenging conventional thinking around breast cancer detection, diagnosis, and treatment. We talk about why she stepped away from traditional surgery, her concerns with current screening practices, the role metabolic health and inflammation may play in disease, and why she encourages women to ask more questions and become their own best advocates.  *This content is intended for general informational and educational…

People in this episode

Host: Dominique Sachse

Guest: Dr. Jenn Simmons

Topics covered

• breast cancer screening
• women's health
• medical autonomy
• holistic health
• patient advocacy

Keywords

• breast cancer
• screening options
• women's health
• medical autonomy
• patient advocacy
• holistic approach
• inflammation
• metabolic health

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: PerfeQTion Imaging, Keeping Abreast

Books & works: The Smart Woman’s Guide to Breast Cancer

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