Podcast Transcript June 12th, 2026— From a 340-year slavery law finally repealed to pancakes for cigarette butts: 10 solutions this week
Episode Description: A high-risk breast cancer diagnosis used to mean one thing: chemotherapy. A large UK trial just found that 68 percent of those patients could skip it safely, based on a genomic test that already exists and is already in use. Arielle and Karissa also get into the pigeon Read More...
Breast cancer genomic test could spare millions from chemotherapy
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM For decades, high clinical risk and chemotherapy arrived together as a package deal in early breast cancer. A trial presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting in Chicago on May 30, 2026, is pulling them apart. The OPTIMA trial enrolled Read More...