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Are you a cancer patient? Caregiver? Survivor? Advocate? Friend? Then you've come to the right place! The Patient from Hell is a bi-weekly podcast hosted by cancer survivor, founder of Manta Cares, and self-described "patient from hell", Samira Daswani. The podcast features guests who are making the cancer experience a little easier. Each episode will educate, empower, inspire and most importantly, show you that you are not alone in your experience. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you listen to (or watch!) podcasts.
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Signup to Generate a PitchAre you a cancer patient? Caregiver? Survivor? Advocate? Friend? Then you've come to the right place! The Patient from Hell is a bi-weekly podcast hosted by cancer survivor, founder of Manta Cares, and self-described "patient from hell", Samira Daswani. The podcast features guests who are making the cancer experience a little easier.
Patient from Hell is hosted by Manta Cares. The show has published 126 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Taking Ownership of Your Care After Breast Cancer Treatment | Kia Lee, Author of Lighthouse" (21 October 2026, 36 minutes), "The Genetic Test Every Patient Should Have Before 5-FU Chemotherapy | Dr. Gabe Brooks" (30 September 2026, 31 minutes), and "What Patient-Centered Research Looks Like, From a Nurse Who Became the Patient | Janice Cowden" (16 September 2026, 30 minutes).
Patient from Hell publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 34 minutes across 126 episodes.
Booking probability for Patient from Hell is 35%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Patient from Hell requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Patient from Hell's contact route on record: verified email.
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Manta Cares hosts Patient from Hell, a health podcast with 126 episodes published.
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Patient from Hell
The end of active treatment is often treated as a finish line. For many patients, it is the start of a harder adjustment. Kia Lee was 38 when she found a lump in her right breast at the gym. She was diagnosed with stage...
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Two of the most widely used chemotherapy drugs in the world, 5-FU and capecitabine, have been in use since the 1950s. A small share of patients carry variants in a gene called DPYD that slow their ability to break these...
Patient from Hell
This episode is sponsored by Gilead Sciences. Gilead had no involvement or input in the podcast content. Gilead is working to transform how cancer is treated. We are innovating with next-generation therapies...
Researchers studying lung cancer draw on more than 800 cell lines as a scientific baseline. Not one of them came from a Hispanic/Latin(x), American Indian/Alaska Native, or Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander patient, and...
Patient from Hell
This episode is sponsored by Gilead Sciences. Gilead had no involvement or input in the podcast content. Gilead is working to transform how cancer is treated. We are innovating with next-generation therapies...
Patient from Hell
Shira Boehler's family is full of doctors, and every one of them told her not to get the full-body MRI. She canceled the appointment repeatedly herself, until her husband rebooked it one time too many and she finally...
This episode is dedicated to Natalie's memory and to every patient navigating life with cancer. Natalie Brown's answer to "How are you?" was always simple: "I'm here." Diagnosed with stage 4 non-small cell lung cancer...
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Tim McDonald was sitting down for Thanksgiving dinner in 2020 when the pain started. A few days later, a doctor handed him a single sheet of paper and said three words nobody wants to hear: "You have cancer." Stage 4...
When Marybeth Gilliam was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer, she did what her years as a healthcare researcher had trained her to do: she went looking for the evidence. What she found was a gap between a growing...
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What happens when a medical doctor trained in oncology becomes the cancer patient and then transforms into a primary caregiver for his own father? In this moving continuation of our conversation with clinician...
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"I knew the diagnosis, the prognosis, and the five-year survival rates. And for the first time, knowing more didn't help, it made it worse." In this powerful episode of The Patient From Hell , host Samira sits down with...
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Why are you still so tired? If you’ve finished treatment but your energy hasn't returned, you aren't alone. In this episode, host Samira sits down with Naturopathic Doctor and author Dr. Jessa Landmann to dive deep into...
For more patient resources and advocacy, visit Manta Cares at mantacares.com . In this episode, we hear a compelling story of a patient's journey through a severe cough and the subsequent rib pain. She discusses...
Patient from Hell
"Don't rush the process." In this episode, we sit down with Kim Burket, Executive Director of Goodness Village, to discuss a side of the cancer journey that often goes overlooked: the need for a true home. Goodness...
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Rich — a leukemia survivor, nurse practitioner, and longtime oncology clinician — to talk about what it’s really like to survive cancer, rebuild your life after treatment, and live with long-term side effects. Rich was...
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Is Artificial Intelligence actually helping cancer patients, or is it just noise? In this episode of The Patient From Hell, Samira sits down with Dr. Shadi Nabhan to separate the Hype from the Reality in 2026. We...
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Cancer survivorship isn’t about “going back to normal.” It’s about rebuilding—on purpose. In this episode of Patient From Hell, host Samira Daswani sits down with Harriet Cabelly, LCSW, a grief therapist and cancer...
Exercise isn’t just “nice to have” during cancer, it can function like treatment for the side effects: fatigue, muscle loss (sarcopenia), joint pain, neuropathy, weakness, and even lymphedema risk reduction. In this...
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Up to 90% of breast cancer survivors experience sexual health changes, yet almost no one is talking about it. Today on Patient From Hell, host Samira Daswani sits down with Dr. Laila Agrawal, a leading clinician in...
We're joined by women’s health advocate and author Leslie Ferris Yerger, founder & CEO of My Density Matters. Diagnosed with stage IV breast cancer just two months after a “clear” mammogram and ultrasound, Leslie...
Recent guests on Patient from Hell. Study who booked and why before you pitch.
cancer scientist, nonprofit founder, Black health equity advocate, STEM mentor, STEMM & Cancer Health Equity Foundation
chief of the Division of Breast Oncology and associate director of the Susan F. Smith Center for Women’s Cancer, associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School
Sound Therapy Practitioner, Teacher/Mentor, Musician, Music Educator, Ethnologist, Welsh Institute of Performance Science
author, healthcare advocate, speaker, community builder, At Home Furniture And Mattress Superstore
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