What Thais Aliabadi has said about Breast cancer
3 quotes · 1 episode · Nov 12, 2026
Thais Aliabadi, OB-GYN and fertility expert previously interviewed on the podcast, has been quoted on Breast cancer 3 times in 1 episode of The Mel Robbins Podcast, most recently on November 12, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Aliabadi recounts that after an atypical biopsy, recalculating her lifetime breast cancer risk produced a figure of 37%.
“So I recalculated my lifetime risk of breast cancer and this number popped up on my screen, 37%. I almost fell off my chair”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: The Silent Signs of Breast Cancer & How to Know Your Cancer Risk With World-Renowned OB-GYN (Nov 12, 2026) · Listen from 7:30
Aliabadi states that 85% of women who develop breast cancer have no family history of it.
“85% of women who get breast cancer don't have a family”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: The Silent Signs of Breast Cancer & How to Know Your Cancer Risk With World-Renowned OB-GYN (Nov 12, 2026) · Listen from 17:22
Aliabadi says women at 35% or higher lifetime risk can take tamoxifen for five years to halve their risk or opt for double mastectomy.
“They can take tamoxifen, which is a hormone blocker, for five years. And by taking that, they can reduce that risk by 50%, which is huge”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: The Silent Signs of Breast Cancer & How to Know Your Cancer Risk With World-Renowned OB-GYN (Nov 12, 2026) · Listen from 26:35
Episodes
The Silent Signs of Breast Cancer & How to Know Your Cancer Risk With World-Renowned OB-GYNThe Mel Robbins Podcast · Nov 12, 2026 · 57 min
OB-GYN and breast cancer survivor Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi tells Mel Robbins how women can assess cancer risk, which screenings to request by age, and how to self-advocate.
Others on Breast cancer
- Julie Smith · 2 quotes
Thais Aliabadi on other topics
- Polycystic ovary syndrome · 3 quotes
- Medical dismissal of women · 3 quotes
- Mastectomy · 2 quotes
- Patient self-advocacy · 2 quotes
- Combined oral contraceptive pill · 2 quotes
- Endometriosis · 2 quotes
- Apolipoprotein B · 1 quote
- Apolipoprotein E4 · 1 quote