Are We Looking at Breast Health the Wrong Way? Dr. Jenn Simmons | PART 2

In Part 2 of Shannon Conklin's conversation with Dr. Jenn Simmons, the discussion moves beyond breast cancer screening and into overdiagnosis, prevention, metabolic health, hormones, and individualized women's healthcare.

Dr. Jenn shares her perspective on the difference between microscopic cellular changes and clinical disease, explains how she approaches breast imaging and risk assessment, and discusses why she believes breast health cannot be separated from metabolic and whole-body health.

Then Shannon asks one of the biggest questions in women's health: What are we getting wrong about estrogen? Dr. Jenn breaks down her view of estrogen, progesterone, menopause, hormone replacement therapy, and why she believes women - including women with a history of breast cancer - deserve more individualized conversations about their options.

They finish with a larger message that runs through the entire episode: breast health is health. This conversation reflects Dr. Jenn Simmons' professional opinions and interpretation of research and is intended for education and discussion, not individualized medical advice.

This conversation reflects Dr. Jenn Simmons' professional opinions and personal experience and is intended for education and discussion, not individualized medical advice.

What You’ll Learn

  • Dr. Jenn's perspective on overdiagnosis in breast cancer screening

  • Why she believes imaging should be only one part of breast health

  • How metabolic health connects to chronic disease and breast health

  • Why treating the body as separate systems can miss the bigger picture

  • What Dr. Jenn believes women misunderstand about estrogen

  • How she thinks about progesterone and hormone replacement therapy

  • Why individualized hormone treatment matters

  • What wellness means to Dr. Jenn Simmons

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Dr. Jenn Simmons

Integrative Oncologist

Dr. Jenn Simmons didn’t just step away from breast cancer surgery—she walked out and sparked a revolution. As the founder of PerfeQTion™ Imaging, she’s disrupting the fear, confusion, and medical dogma that have controlled women’s breast health for generations. At PerfeQTion™ Imaging, she’s transforming how women are screened for breast cancer with technology that is safer, smarter, and kinder to your body—no radiation, no compression, no trauma. Because peace of mind shouldn’t hurt. The author of The Smart Woman’s Guide to Breast Cancer and the unapologetic host of the Keeping Abreast podcast, she’s redefining how women think about screening, diagnosis, and treatment—while giving them something medicine has long ignored: the chance to prevent a diagnosis and take back control of their health.

Chapters

  • 00:00 Are some women receiving unnecessary breast cancer treatment?

  • 01:00 Overdiagnosis and microscopic cellular changes

  • 03:00 Why Dr. Jenn does not rely on imaging alone

  • 04:00 Using imaging to follow changes over time

  • 05:00 Testing inflammation and breast cancer risk

  • 06:00 Metabolic health and disease prevention

  • 08:00 Breast health is whole-body health

  • 09:00 Why metabolic dysfunction matters

  • 10:00 The connection between oral health and whole-body health

  • 11:00 Why the body should not be treated as separate systems

  • 13:00 Medications, metabolism and the bigger picture

  • 14:00 What are we getting wrong about estrogen?

  • 15:00 Estrogen dominance and progesterone

  • 17:00 Does estrogen cause breast cancer?

  • 18:00 How Dr. Jenn explains estrogen and tumor growth

  • 20:00 Hormone blockade and individualized treatment

  • 22:00 'The tumor is the symptom'

  • 24:00 Menopause, detoxification and hormone loss

  • 25:00 Hormone replacement after breast cancer

  • 26:00 Quality of life after cancer treatment

  • 28:00 What the hormone replacement data means to Dr. Jenn

  • 29:00 Hormone replacement and BRCA

  • 30:00 Bioidentical progesterone

  • 31:00 Perimenopause and losing progesterone first

  • 32:00 Why hormone treatment requires better training

  • 34:00 Individualizing hormone therapy

  • 35:00 The role of compounding pharmacies

  • 37:00 Why dose matters

  • 38:00 Perfection Imaging comes to New York

  • 39:00 A new approach to breast screening

  • 40:00 What does wellness mean to Dr. Jenn Simmons?

  • 41:00 Where to find Dr. Jenn

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