Cancer Convos with Grace B.

10/27/2026

With CURE Today – I just made it onto their weekly engagement list by being one of their top engagers! 🎉

10/27/2026

🎬 As we wind down to the end of Season 8 and the last quarter of the year, we are pleased to share the results of our poll regarding our viewers' two favorite episodes of Season 7!

⭐️ Robert Ginyard: Prostate Cancer: A Survivor's Mission to Empower and Transform.

⭐️ Shanise Pearce: Re-Defining Cancer in the Workplace.

It is always a privilege to have thought-provoking and strategic conversations with other stakeholders in the overarching healthcare space because to be informed is to be empowered.

The links to both episodes are in the comments. ⤵️

Thank you once again, Robert and Shanise! 💜💜

10/23/2026

Surviving cancer is a major milestone, but follow-up care remains important. A new study found that about 1 in 9 older adults who survived breast, prostate or colorectal cancer for at least five years were later diagnosed with a new, unrelated cancer.

Learn why routine cancer screenings remain important for long-term survivors: https://hubs.li/Q04C2fDp0

10/21/2026

The 18-24th October 2026 is recognized as Male Breast Cancer Awareness Week.

📌 Because breast cancer is more commonly associated with women, men may not recognize the signs in themselves. It is why increased awareness is crucial for early diagnosis, thereby improving the chances of successful treatment and overall recovery.

In this episode titled:

"Yes. Men have Breast Cancer Too"

🎬 Cancer Convos with Grace B. had the pleasure of hosting our friend, an inspiring male breast cancer survivor and advocate, who shared his journey about his shocking diagnosis, and his call to action.

♂️ Michael Patty Singer raises awareness about the importance of men knowing that they too can get breast cancer.

🎙️ Michael's sound bite: "Breast cancer should be treated as a people's disease."

🎬 To watch this very informative episode, do click on the link in comments.

💫 Michael is thriving and traveling the world.

10/21/2026

🗓 Male Breast Cancer Awareness Week 2026 is October 18–24 so happening right now. It's the week a New York State Senate resolution asks the Governor to proclaim.

📈 The American Cancer Society estimates about 2,670 men in the U.S. will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in 2026, with about 530 expected fatalities.

Cancer Convos with Grace B. stands alongside male breast cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers, as efforts to raise awareness during this week continue to heighten.

🎀 As breast cancer survivors, we know exactly where the shoe pinches, and work arduously to ensure stigma is eliminated regarding male breast cancer and empower them with information.

It takes a community.

10/20/2026

The hardest sentence I begin with as a patient advocate and speaker is..
."I regret not going for a mammogram."

For those who may not know my story, I am a Triple-Negative breast cancer survivor, and had no symptoms. A Stage 3 for that matter. There was nothing to feel and nothing to see, and always believed that if something were wrong, I would know and seek medical attention.

Massive mistake.

Fam, that belief is more common than we care to admit, and one of the biggest barriers to early detection. Cancer does not always send a warning.

Screening is the warning.

My regret became the foundation of my advocacy. Through our YouTube talkshow Cancer Convos with Grace B and our other platforms, we work to demystify cancer, collaborate with experts and stakeholders, and create space for honest conversations. Those conversations that are usually swept under the rug because they are considered taboo.

Voices such as mine, can reach people in ways data alone cannot. The patient experience is irreplaceable in data. The numbers show what is happening, but our lived experience tells us why, and what can be done about the problem.

Without both, the healthcare system will end up data-sound but detached.

So, this October,

🩷 ask your doctor when screening is right, depending on your age and history.
🩷 if you have dense breasts, imperative.
🩷 book and make the appointment.
🩷 encourage everyone to do same.
🩷 know men can get breast cancer too.

ALL cancers matter so take the same approach to every screening that applies to you.

🩷💜

10/19/2026

Call 311. 🩷

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Routine screenings can help find breast cancer early, when it is easier to treat.

If you don't have health insurance, here is how you can get a free or low-cost mammogram in NYC.

More info: on.nyc.gov/3QbvxPX

10/19/2026

God has been so marvelous!

IMPOSSICANT is 6! 🙏🏽🥳🙏🏽


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10/17/2026

Hey Fam, remember, rest is necessary.

Many of us wear exhaustion like a badge of honor. We show up for everyone else, for the cause, for the conversation, and we forget that we are also part of the story.

Self-care is how we refill the well so we can keep showing up with purpose. Some days it looks like a long walk. Some days it is a quiet cup of tea, or simply watching nature.

Rest is not passive. It is an active signal we send to our nervous system.

So today, ask yourself. What does my body need right now? Then listen.

For people like us, healing is not only about treatment. It is about being kind to our mind, body, and spirit. To ourselves.

There is power in the pause. 💜

📸 Cancer Convos with Grace B.

10/14/2026

Researchers at Stanford Medicine developed a urine test that detects bladder cancer, predicts which patients will benefit from immunotherapy versus chemotherapy, and can confirm whether treatment worked.

Us: This is impressive! 👏🏽👏🏽

For patients, it means less guesswork, fewer invasive procedures, and less time spent in that crazy space between a scan and its results. As one impacted by cancer, the anxiety of wondering if my scan would be positive or if my overall treatment would have a successful outcome was extremely emotional.

Breakthroughs like this only matter if everyone can reach them.

So, these questions are pertinent.

1. Who will have access?
2. Will insurers cover it?
3. Will it reach community hospitals?
4. Were patients at the table when this was designed?

We are excited that science is moving in the right direction. Let's just make sure patients are moving along with it.

And, that funding cancer research remains intact.

Below is an illustration of a bladder with a localized tumor on the inner lining which has been created by Cancer Convos with Grace B.

Link to the actual research article is in the comments.