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Dr Raelia Lew Fertility Specialist & Gynaecologist Medical Director of Women's Health Melbourne and Melbourne IVF. President of ANZSREI, the society for fertility specialists in Australia and New Zealand, and host of the Knocked Up podcast.
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, with guest Sarah Powell
Published · 40 min listen
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About this episode
Today we are speaking with Sarah Powell from Pink Hope, now Inherited Cancers Australia, an Australian non-profit organisation for educating and preventing about hereditary breast and ovarian cancer Sarah was diagnosed with breast cancer at 29 years old but it was the news she carries a BRCA1 mutation that sent her looking for support and information. Luckily she found Krystal Barter and the Pink Hope community and since then has been a big supporter of the charity by volunteering, sharing her story and fundraising. We speak about the Pink Hope Edu Evenings, register here The one minute video on learning to self screen is here
- Take Action campaign from Inherited Cancers Australia
- Fertility preservation when receiving cancer treatment
- Sarah Powell shares her story
- Pre-conception genetic screening to avoid BRCA1 We also have a previous Knocked Up episode on Cervical Screening
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