At the 2026 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting, Dr. Jennifer Ligibel, director of the Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies and Healthy Living at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, presented early results from the Breast Cancer Weight Loss (BWEL) study. The findings showed that among women with early-stage breast cancer, losing weight led to better physical and mental health, and also helped ease fatigue.

Listen to the episode to hear Dr. Ligibel explain:

the design of the BWEL study

why the women in the study had to have hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative or triple-negative breast cancer

the next steps for the study

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