The Lancet Oncology in conversation with
Editors at The Lancet Oncology, in conversation with the journal’s authors, explore their latest research and its impact on people’s health, healthcare, and health policy.
A monthly audio companion to the journal, this podcast covers a broad range of topics, from early-stage breast cancer treatment to mRNA vaccines, the access to essential cancer medicines for children to measuring ovarian toxicity, and more.
Episodes
200 episodes since 2020
Kanwal Raghav on trastuzumab deruxtecan in HER2-positive advanced colorectal cancer (DESTINY-CRC02)
Dr Kanwal Raghav (Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA) discusses his Article entitled, ‘Trastuzumab deruxtecan in HER2-positive advanced colorectal cancer (DESTINY...
August 27, 2024
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13:22
Emmy Boerrigter on dose selection of novel anticancer drugs
Dr Emmy Boerrigter (Department of Pharmacy, Radboud University Medical Center, Netherlands) discusses her Review on dose selection of novel anticancer drugs: exposing the gap between selected and required doses.Read the full article:
July 29, 2024
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11:41
Hisham Mehanna and Sue Yom on head and neck cancer consensus recommendations
Dr Hisham Mehanna (University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK) and Dr Sue Yom (University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA) discuss their four-paper Series on Head and Neck Cancer Consensus Recommendations in diagnosis and cli...
June 24, 2024
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36:56
Garth Strohbehn and Katie Lichter on the environmental impact of cancer treatment
Dr Garth Strohbehn (Veteran Affairs Center for Clinical Management Research, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA) and Dr Katie Lichter (University of California, San Francisco, USA) discuss their papers on the environmental impact of cancer treatments and...
May 28, 2024
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24:08
James Shultz, Ana Patricia Ortiz, and Leticia Nogueira on cancer and compounding disasters in the Caribbean
Dr James Shultz, (University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, USA), Dr Ana Patricia Ortiz (University of Puerto Rico, and University of Puerto Rico Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Juan, Puerto Rico), and Dr Leticia Nogueira (American...
April 29, 2024
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35:05
Bernardo Goulart on correlations of endpoints in lung cancer immunotherapy trials
Dr Bernardo Goulart (US Food and Drug Administration) discusses his paper on correlations of response rate and progression-free survival with overall survival in immunotherapy trials for metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer.Read the fu...
April 08, 2024
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11:22
Maria Kyrgiou on innovations in gynaecological cancers and global disparities
In a special episode on International Women's Day 2024, we speak with Dr Maria Kyrgiou (Imperial College London, London, UK) about her Essay on innovations and disparities in gynaecological cancer care.
March 07, 2024
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25:42
Georgios Lyratzopoulos on the use of chemotherapy and radiotherapy in patients with eight common cancers
Dr Georgios Lyratzopoulos (University College London, London, UK) discusses his two papers from the International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership on the use of chemotherapy or radiotherapy in eight common cancers in Norway, the UK, Canada, and ...
February 26, 2024
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34:43
Mike Sathekge on radioligand therapy of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer
Professor Mike Sathekge (Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa) discusses his Article entitled, ‘Actinium-225-PSMA radioligand therapy of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (WARMTH Act): a m...
January 29, 2024
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16:06
Shankar Siva on stereotactic body radiotherapy for primary renal cell carcinoma
Senior Editor Owen Stretton talks to Professor Shankar Siva from the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne about the International Society of Stereotactic Radiosurgery’s new systematic review and practice guidelines for stereotactic body r...
January 02, 2024
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13:53
Neerja Bhatla on a new quadrivalent HPV vaccine
Professor Neerja Bhatla (All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India) discusses her Article on the Immunogenicity and safety of a new quadrivalent HPV vaccine in girls and boys aged 9–14 years versus an established quadrivalent HP...
November 29, 2023
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12:24
Chandra Are on the Lancet Oncology Commission on Global Cancer Surgery
Dr Chandra Are (University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA) discusses highlights and recommendations from the Lancet Oncology Commission on Global cancer surgery: pragmatic solutions to improve cancer surgery outcomes worldw...
November 01, 2023
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43:49
Philipp Karschnia on tissue sampling and processing during resection of diffuse intracranial glioma
Doctor Philipp Karschnia (Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Munich, Germany) discusses the Response Assessment in Neuro Oncology consortium’s recommendations on standardised tissue sampling and processing during resection of diffuse intr...
October 31, 2023
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17:10
Wanda Cui on measuring ovarian toxicity
Dr. Wanda Cui (Department of Medical Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia) discusses her Review on measuring ovarian toxicity in clinical trials.Read the full article:
October 03, 2023
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10:37
Ticiana Leal on Tumour Treating Fields
Ticiana Leal (Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA) discusses her paper on Tumour Treating Fields.Read the full article:
September 01, 2023
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9:01
Xuesong Han on cancer diagnosis during the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA
Xuesong Han (American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA, USA) discusses her study on changes in cancer diagnoses and stage distribution during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA.Read the full article:
August 02, 2023
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12:31
Carlos Fernández de Larrea and Damian Green on BCMA CAR T cells in multiple myeloma
Carlos Fernández de Larrea (Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain) and Damian Green (Fred Hutch Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA) discuss their studies on BCMA CAR T cells in patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.
July 03, 2023
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33:50
Madeline Pe on the SISAQOL initiative
Madeline Pe (EORTC, Brussels, Belgium) discusses her Policy Review on the innovative medicines initiative, an expansion of the Setting International Standards in Analysing Patient-Reported Outcomes and Quality of Life Endpoints in Cancer Clinic...
May 31, 2023
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14:01
Kadia Petricca and Joyce Kambugu on access to essential cancer medicines for children
Dr Kadia Petricca (SickKids Hospital, Toronto, Canada), Dr Joyce Kambugu (Uganda Cancer Institute, Kampala, Uganda), and Dr Avi Denburg (SickKids Hospital) discuss their paper “Access to essential cancer medicines for children: a comparative mi...
May 02, 2023
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28:40
Mark Lythgoe on UK oncology drug approval after Brexit
Dr Mark Lythgoe (Imperial College London, London, UK), discusses his new Review, "From The European Medicines Agency to Project Orbis: New activities and challenges to facilitate UK Oncology Drug Approval following Brexit".
March 27, 2023
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14:11
Janet Brown on the phase 2/3 STAR trial
Prof Janet Brown (University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK) discusses the phase 2/3 STAR trial on treatment cessation versus continuation with tyrosine kinase inhibitors in advanced renal cell carcinoma.Read the full article:
February 28, 2023
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20:43
Valerie Speirs on biomarkers in male breast cancer
Prof Valerie Speirs (University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland) discusses her Systematic Review on genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic, epigenetic, and phenotypic biomarkers in male breast cancer.Read the full article:
January 30, 2023
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17:40
Sameer Bakhshi on sex disparities in childhood cancer in India
Prof Sameer Bakhshi, (All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India) discusses his Article on sex disparities in childhood cancer in India.Read the full article:
January 03, 2023
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23:02
Shankar Siva on radiotherapy for primary renal cell carcinoma
Shankar Siva (Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia) discusses his Article on 5-year outcomes after stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy for primary renal cell carcinoma.Read the full article:
November 28, 2022
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8:30
Mark Lawler and Richard Sullivan on the European Groundshot
Mark Lawler (Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, UK) and Richard Sullivan (Kings College London, London, UK) discuss the European Groundshot—addressing Europe’s cancer research challenges: a Lancet Oncology Commission.
November 15, 2022
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