Pancreatic Cancer, Lung Cancer & Your Genes: What We Know and What We Don’t

BRCA & Beyond | A Hereditary Cancer Podcast · Nov 4, 2026 · 37m

November is both Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month and Lung Cancer Awareness Month, and both hit close to home for me. When we get our genetic test results, the conversation usually centers on a few organs, while other risks become a footnote or never come up at all.

In this episode, I share my dad’s pancreatic cancer story, including how clinical trials gave him about three more years, and why I wonder what genetic testing might have meant for our family. I also talk about my grandfather’s lung cancer and the question of what we can and can’t know about his story.

We cover hereditary…