Journal of Clinical Oncology (JCO) Podcast

In this JCO Article Insights episode, Davide Soldato provides summary on two articles published in the November issues of the Journal of Clinical Oncology. The first article provides data on the prognostic effect of physical exercise on overall mortality and cancer-related mortality in a pan-cancer analysis of the PLCO study . The second article provides data regarding the impact of BMI on treatme...

In this "Podcast Takeover," Dr. Lidia Schapira guest hosts to discuss with Dr. Shannon Westin her own JCO paper, which reports on the DUO-E Trial. Dr. Ramez Eskander also joins in this lively discussion. TRANSCRIPT The guest on this podcast episode has no disclosures to declare. Dr. Shannon Westin: Hello, everyone, and welcome to another episode of JCO After Hours , the podcast where we get in dep...

In this JCO Article Insights episode, Davide Soldato interviews Dr. Jacob Sands, medical oncologist at Dana Farber Cancer Institute (Boston, MA) and Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School, on their paper " First-in-Human, Phase I Dose-Escalation and Dose-Expansion Study of Trophoblast Cell-Surface Antigen 2-Directed Antibody-Drug Conjugate Datopotamab Deruxtecan in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cance...

Dr. Shannon Westin, Dr. Stephanie Wheeler, and Dr. Caitlin Biddell discuss the paper " Economic Evaluation of a Non-Medical Financial Assistance Program on Missed Treatment Appointments Among Adults With Cancer, " a simultaneous publication, podcast, and presentation at the ASCO Quality Care Symposium. TRANSCRIPT The guest on this podcast episode has no disclosures to declare. Dr. Shannon Westin:...

Shannon Westin speaks with Holly Prigerson and Alfred Neugut about their thought-provoking editorial, " You Get (Offered) What You (Can) Pay For: Explaining Disparities in End-of-Life Cancer Care ." TRANSCRIPT The guest on this podcast episode has no disclosures to declare.    Dr. Shannon Westin: Hello, everyone, and welcome to another episode of the JCO After Hours podcast . And this is where we...

A variety of perspectives are explored as Dr. Westin speaks with Dr. Jennifer Mack, Dr. Chun Chao, and Mallory Casperson about end-of-life care planning in adolescent and young adult cancer. TRANSCRIPT The guest on this podcast episode has no disclosures to declare.   Dr. Shannon Westin: Hello, everyone, and welcome to another episode of JCO After Hours , the podcast where we get down and dirty wi...

In this JCO Article Insights episode, Davide Soldato summarized finding from the original article published in the September JCO issue: "Mortality Benefit of a Blood-Based Biomarker Panel for Lung Cancer on the Basis of the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cohort". The summary provides information regarding the ability of a blood-based panel of 4 biomarkers in improving the identification o...

Dr. Mahdi Sheikh and Dr. David Zaridze join Dr. Shannon Westin to discuss how quitting smoking after diagnosis may impact survival in kidney cancer. TRANSCRIPT   The guest on this podcast episode has no disclosures to declare. Dr. Shannon Westin: Hello everyone, and welcome to another episode of JCO After Hours . This is the podcast where we get in-depth on manuscripts that have been published in...

Dr. Shannon Westin and her guest, Dr. Helena Yu discuss the paper " HERTHENA-Lung01, a Phase 2 Trial of Patritumab Deruxtecan (HER3-DXd) in EGFR-Mutated NSCLC Following EGFR TKI Therapy and Platinum-Based Chemotherapy " published in the JCO during the World Conference on Lung Cancer in Singapore.  TRANSCRIPT The guest on this podcast episode has no disclosures to declare.   Dr. Shannon Westin: Hel...

In this JCO Article Insights episode, Emily Zabor interviews Dr. Gregory H. Reaman, the Scientific Director of the Childhood Cancer Data Initiative at the National Cancer Institute , on their paper titled  "The Childhood Cancer Data Initiative: Using the Power of Data to Learn From and Improve Outcomes for Every Child and Young Adult with Pediatric Cancer". Dr. Reaman introduces us to the initiati...

Dr. Shannon Westin, Dr. Abbas M. Hassan, and Dr. Leticia Nogueira discuss the impact of heatwaves on cancer care delivery and what can be done about it. TRANSCRIPT The guests on this podcast episode have no disclosures to declare. Dr. Shannon Westin: Hello, everyone, and welcome to another episode of JCO After Hours, the podcast where we get in-depth on manuscripts that are published in the Journa...

In this JCO Article Insights episode, Davide Soldato interviews Dr. Naqash  from University of Oklahoma. Dr. Naqash provides insight into the original article published in the July JCO issue: "Safety and Activity of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in People Living With HIV and Cancer: A Real-World Report From the Cancer Therapy Using Checkpoint Inhibitors in People Living With HIV-International (CATC...

Dr. Shannon Westin and her guest, Dr. Andreana Holowatyj, discuss the paper " Clinical Multigene Panel Testing Identifies Racial and Ethnic Differences in Germline Pathogenic Variants Among Patients With Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer," recently published in JCO. TRANSCRIPT The guest on this podcast episode has no disclosures to declare. Dr. Shannon Westin: Hello, everyone, and welcome to another e...

In this JCO Article Insights episode, Emily Zabor summarizes two original articles from the June 1st, 2023 Journal of Clinical Oncology issue: "A Clinical Genetic Risk Score for Predicting Cancer-Associated Venous Thromboembolism: A Development and Validation Study Involving Two Independent Prospective Cohorts"  by Muñoz et al,  and "Derivation and Validation of Clinical Risk Assessment Model for...

Dr. Shannon Westin, Dr. Lakshmi Sandhya, and Dr. Prasanth Ganesan discuss the use of olanzapine to treat chemotherapy-related anorexia, as recently published in JCO. TRANSCRIPT The guest on this podcast episode has no disclosures to declare. Dr. Shannon Westin: Hello, everyone, and welcome to another episode of JCO After Hours , the podcast where we get in-depth on manuscripts published in the Jou...

Host Dr. Shannon Westin interviews guests Dr. Ethan Basch and Dr Deborah Schrag on their JCO simultaneous publication paper at ASCO's 2023 annual meeting: "Patient-reported outcomes during and after treatment for locally advanced rectal cancer (Alliance N1048). TRANSCRIPT The Disclosure for guests on this podcast can be found in the show notes   Dr. Shannon Westin: Hello, and welcome to another ep...

In this JCO Article Insights episode, Davide Soldato summarizes three articles from the May 20 th , 2023 Journal of Clinical Oncology issue: "Smoking Cessation After Diagnosis of Kidney Cancer Is Associated With Reduced Risk of Mortality and Cancer Progression: A Prospective Cohort Study, "Efficacy of a Smoking Cessation Intervention for Survival of Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia or Cervical C...

In this JCO Article Insights episode, Emily Zabor interviews Dr. Gulam Manji from Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Dr. Manji provides insight into his editorial published in the April 10, 2023 JCO issue: "Adjuvant Gemcitabine and Nab-Paclitaxel Misses the Target in Pancreas Adenocarcinoma: Or Did an Effective Therapy Fall to the Definition of Recurrence?" (10.1200/JCO.23.00039). His edit...

Dr. Shannon Westin, Dr. Rajendra Badwe, and Dr. Alastair Thompson discuss the JCO paper " Effect of Peritumoral Infiltration of Local Anesthetic Before Surgery on Survival in Early Breast Cancer." TRANSCRIPT The guests on this podcast episode have no disclosures to declare.  Dr. Shannon Westin: Hello, and welcome to another episode of JCO After Hours , the podcast where we get in-depth on manuscri...

Dr. Shannon Westin and her guest, Dr. Harvey Max Chochinov, discuss his article "Intensive Caring: Reminding Patients They Matter." TRANSCRIPT The guest on this podcast episode has no disclosures to declare. Dr. Shannon Westin: Hello, everyone, and thank you so much for joining us for another JCO After Hours podcast. This is the podcast that gets in depth in manuscripts published in the Journal of...

What factors could be excluding transgender people from oncology clinical trials, and what can we do to make them more inclusive? Dr. Westin discusses this important issue with her guests, Dr. Ash Alpert and Dr. Lola Fashoyin-Aje. TRANSCRIPT Dr. Shannon Westin: Hello, everyone, and welcome to another episode of the JCO After Hours podcast. This is when we get down and dirty into manuscripts that a...

In this JCO Article Insights episode, Davide Soldato interviews Dr Frederic Amant from UZ Gasthuisberg - Katholieke University Leuven. Dr. Amant discusses his clinical trial update published in the March 10, 2023 JCO issue, "Cognitive and Behavioral Development of 9-Year-Old Children After Maternal Cancer During Pregnancy: A Prospective Multicenter Cohort Study", by Van Assche, et al. From the Int...

Dr. Shannon Westin and her guests, Jessica Star and Dr. Ahmedin Jemal, discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic affected cancer screening in the US in 2021. TRANSCRIPT The guest on this podcast episode has no disclosures to declare.   Dr. Shannon Westin: Hello, everyone, and welcome to another episode of JCO After Hours . I am your host, Shannon Westin, the social media editor for the JCO and Gynecologic...

Dr. Shannon Westin and her guests, Dr. Michael Atkins, Dr. Adil Daud, and Dr. Gary Schwartz, discuss a definitive work: The DREAMseq Trial . TRANSCRIPT The guests on this podcast episode have no disclosures to declare.     Dr. Shannon Westin: Hello, everyone, and welcome to another episode of JCO After Hours , the podcast that gets in-depth on articles that have been published in the Journal of Cl...

In this JCO Article Insights episode, Emily Zabor summarizes two articles from the February 20th, 2023 Journal of Clinical Oncology issue: " Durvalumab With or Without Tremelimumab in Combination With Chemotherapy as First-Line Therapy for Metastatic Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: The Phase III POSEIDON Study " by Johnson, et al  and " The POSEIDON Trial: Will Secondary End Points Change Our Clinical...