BSH SIG podcasts

This podcast is the first of a series of three recordings of the Lymphoma Special Interest Group (SIG) Education Session at the 2025 BSH Annual Scientific Meeting.  The Lymphoma SIG is delighted to share talks from three great speakers with the wider audience.   In this recording, Dr David Lewis discusses first-line treatment for mantle cell lymphoma in 2025, focusing on three main themes: 1) the...

Dr Cathy Burton chaired the “Top Abstracts in Lymphoma” session at BSH 2025.  In this episode, she shares with us the highlights from this session.   Dr Burton is a Consultant Haematologist at St James’s University Hospital, Leeds, specializing in Lymphoma and Diagnostics. She is heavily engaged in translational research in lymphoma and is Chair of the Hodgkin lymphoma study group, Deputy Chair of...

In this episode, Dr Sridhar Chaganti shares with us the highlights in large B-cell lymphoma from BSH 2025, including real-world experience in the use of bispecific antibodies and the recent NICE approval of Lisocel as second line treatment.   Dr Chaganti is a Consultant Haemato-oncologist at the University Hospital in Birmingham, with an interest in lymphomas, ALL, stem cell transplantation and im...

In this episode, Professor Graham Collins shares with us the highlights in Hodgkin lymphoma from BSH 2025.  He takes us through the ECHELON-1 trial, which led to the recent NICE approval of Brentuximab-AVD as a frontline treatment option for advanced stage Hodgkin lymphoma.

Professor Graham Collins discusses the management of primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma, from initial treatment considerations to the management of relapsed disease.   Professor Collins is a Consultant Haematologist and the lymphoma lead clinician at the Oxford Cancer and Haematology Centre.  He has particular interests in Hodgkin and high-grade non-Hodgkin lymphoma and he chairs the national CAR...

Dr Sridhar Chaganti discusses the use of bispecific T-cell engagers (BITE’s) in large B-cell lymphoma.   Dr Chaganti is a consultant haematologist at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. He has a PhD in cancer studies from the University of Birmingham. His research interest is Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) and lymphomas. His special interests are in haematological malignancies, lymphom...

Dr Nikesh (Nik) Chavda discusses supportive care in lymphoma. Dr Chavda is a haematology consultant at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston, with an interest in B-cell malignancies, cellular therapies and histiocytic disorders.

Dr Duncan Murray discusses mycosis fungoides and sezary syndrome. Dr Murray completed his PhD at the University of Birmingham, looking at the interaction between the immune system and malignant T cells in skin lymphoma. He finds the interaction between a "good" and "bad" T cell fascinating. He has used multiple single-cell laboratory techniques to tease apart the two populations (including V-beta...

Dr Matthew Ahearne is a consultant haematologist at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust. His main clinical and research focus is on T-cell lymphomas. Dr Ahearne is Deputy Chair of the  National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI)  T-cell lymphoma working group and an NCRI Lymphoma Science sub-group member.

Dr Shirley D’Sa discusses the management of Waldenström macroglobulinaemia (WM). Dr D’Sa is a haematologist and associate professor at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH), a busy academic centre in central London, where she also completed her specialist training in haematology. She specialises in the management of patients with Immunoglobulin M (IgM) related conditions...

Dr Rory McCulloch discusses the clinical management of mantle cell lymphoma (MCL), including indolent MCL, upfront management in younger patients, challenges of aggressive blastoid disease and how new therapies may shape future treatment algorithms. Dr McCulloch is a consultant haematologist at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and recently worked as a Lymphoma Clinical Research Fello...

Dr Wendy Osborne discusses an approach to the management of patients with early, unfavourable Hodgkin's lymphoma, focusing on the current evidence, the role of positron emission tomography (PET) and the challenges faced by this subgroup of patients. Dr Osborne is a consultant haematologist at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. She has a specialist interest in the field of lymphoma...