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.
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Mar 4, 2025
Mar 4, 2025
20 min
Ariana Znaor (Cancer Surveillance Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France) discusses her Review on cancer surveillance in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: a 10-year IARC-WHO EMRO collaboration.Tell us what you thought about this episodeContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://thelancet.bsky.social/https://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

Feb 4, 2025
Feb 4, 2025
18 min
Professor Ian Tannock (Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada) discusses his Policy Review on Common Sense Oncology principles for the design, analysis and reporting of phase 3 randomised clinical trials.Tell us what you thought about this episodeContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://thelancet.bsky.social/https://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

Jan 3, 2025
Jan 3, 2025
24 min
Dr Yannick Romero (Union for International Cancer Control) discusses his Policy Review on the changing landscape of the national cancer control plans and his work with the international cancer control partnership.Read the full article:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(24)00405-4/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanoncTell us what you thought about this episodeContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://thelancet.bsky.social/https://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

Dec 3, 2024
Dec 3, 2024
22 min
Professor M Saiful Huq (Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, USA) and Dr Mostafa Aziz Sumon (Radiation Oncology, Kurmitola General Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh) discuss their Series on Cancer Care in South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Countries.Read the full Series:https://www.thelancet.com/series/cancer-care-in-saarc-countries?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanoncTell us what you thought about this episodeContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://thelancet.bsky.social/https://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

Oct 30, 2024
Oct 30, 2024
15 min
Dr Steven Horwitz (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA) discusses a phase 1 study of valemetostat in relapsed or refractory non-Hodgkin lymphoma and a phase 2 study of valemetostat in relapsed or refractory peripheral T-cell lymphoma.Read the full Articles here:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(24)00502-3/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanonchttps://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(24)00503-5/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanoncTell us what you thought about this episodeContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://thelancet.bsky.social/https://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

Oct 1, 2024
Oct 1, 2024
17 min
Dr Zachary Zumsteg (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA) discusses his Review on the challenges and opportunities for early phase clinical trials of novel drug-radiotherapy combinations.Read the full Article:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(24)00264-X/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanoncTell us what you thought about this episodeContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://thelancet.bsky.social/https://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

Sep 30, 2024
Sep 30, 2024
40 min
May Abdel-Wahab (Division of Human Health, Department of Nuclear Science and Applications, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria) and Andrew Scott (Department of Molecular Imaging and Therapy, Austin Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia) discuss The Lancet Oncology Commission on Radiotherapy and Theranostics.Read the Commission:https://www.thelancet.com/commissions/radiotherapy-theranostics?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanoncTell us what you thought about this episodeContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://thelancet.bsky.social/https://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

Aug 28, 2024
Aug 28, 2024
13 min
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-CRC02): primary results from a randomised, multicentre, phase 2 trial’.Read the full article:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(24)00380-2/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanoncTell us what you thought about this episodeContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://thelancet.bsky.social/https://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

Jul 30, 2024
Jul 30, 2024
11 min
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:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(24)00134-7?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanoncTell us what you thought about this episodeContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://thelancet.bsky.social/https://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

Jun 25, 2024
Jun 25, 2024
36 min
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 clinical trial endpoints.Tell us what you thought about this episodeContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://thelancet.bsky.social/https://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv
