Going Viral - No one should die from embarrassment

Going Viral - No one should die from embarrassment

How do you find a disease that no one is looking for? This podcast explores the conundrum of anal cancer and pre-cancer; an HPV-related disease that is misunderstood and often misdiagnosed. The anus is a topic that we don’t talk about…perhaps because this part of our body creates an odd sense of uncleanliness, taboo, and shame. Our podcast will be frank, practical discussions with international medical experts, patients and advocates. We will break through the shame, blame, and denial, and bring awareness to anal cancer and pre-cancer, ultimately saving lives! Please join us for 25 minutes of stimulating, interesting, factual, and life-changing discussion on anal canal and precancer sponsored by IANS (the International Anal Neoplasia Society)!

Episodes

May 24, 2025 40 mins

Bottom Line

A candid and delightful discussion with two pioneers who are shaping the awareness of anal and colorectal cancer in the LGBTQ+ community.

What do an entrepreneur and a stand-up comic have in common?  A desire to raise awareness for the LGBTQ+ community about anal and colorectal cancers. David founded Cheeky Charity following his own health scare with ...

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Today, gender care is fluid, but in 2012, in the early days of ANCHOR, it took the NY Times and a brave Boston gynecologist to shift the direction of focus of anal cancer prevention.

On the other coast, a self-described radical feminist was told that “the anus is just like the cervix,” and a historical career began.

In this podcast, Drs. Beth Stier and Naomi Jay discuss...

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Anal Cancer Foundation - Passion, Determination & Love:  A Conversation with Justine & Camille Almada

For Justine, Camille, and Tristian Almada anal cancer is personal. After losing their dear mother, Paulette, to Stage IV HPV-related anal cancer in 2010, the siblings set out to change the course of this disease. In her honor, they created what they wished had been available to them,...

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IMPROVING BARRIERS TO INTIMACY – A TOOLBOX

Irena Nurkic is a specialist in continence and pelvic health physiotherapist at the Royal Perth Hospital in Western Australia. With over fifteen years of in-depth clinical expertise in management of pelvic health conditions in women, men and transgender persons, she lectures and serves as a clinical tutor at Curtin University.

In this interview Irena generously shares her passion for learn...

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In this podcast Dr. Wong discusses how a talk he heard about HRA, high resolution anoscopy, piqued his interest in something he knew nothing about. He reasoned because he was caring for HIV patients that he should know more. He found his way to places where HRA was done and where he could be trained. His interest and dedication took him from his home in Hong Kong to Australia, to New York and San Francisco, whe...

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Dr. Mary Birdsall didn’t see herself getting anal cancer, and neither did her physician colleagues. As a GYN specializing in IVF she found herself, not the expert, but the “man on the street.” In this interview, she speaks frankly and passionately about her own struggle to have her symptoms taken seriously and her commitment to agitate for primary and secondary prevention. She shares of how deeply troubling the...

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Dr. Joel Palefsky discusses his long

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THE ANUS HAS A PERCEPTION PROBLEM 

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BE PRESENT FOR THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE

Alana Stewart stayed at Farrah Fawcett’s side supporting and advocating, through treatments and ultimately her friend’s heartbreaking death. This interview with the president of the Farrah Fawcett...

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New York City general surgeon, Stephen Goldstone, was working in the realm of ano-rectal surgery, when he began noticing “strange histology.” At the same time, the University of California San Francisco, UCSF, was doing early research on anal cancer and pre-cancer. What he calls “a match made in heaven” combined research and treatment and heralded historic change in how anal cancer would be talked about and tre...

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Anal cancer and pre-cancer detection and treatment is a new and highly specialized field.
Dr. Luis Barroso, president of IANS, discusses the organization as a resource for patients and providers. He shares the medical society’s vision that includes publishing guidelines and expanding the infrastructure for Anal Cancer and Dysplasia around the world.

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June 1, 2023 25 mins

An Introduction to Going Viral

How did we get here?

Today, you will you will get to know our podcasters for “Going Viral: No one should die from embarrassment”, Dr. Eric Ganz and Mary-Jo Murphy, and how this podcast came to be.  Dr. Ganz is a board-certified ObGyn and Anal Dysplasia expert and Mary-Jo Murphy is a Registered Nurse, Patient Advocate, and anal cancer survi...

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