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What are cardiometabolic long-term conditions? To mark the publication of a new Lancet Series, editors Niall Boyce and Flávia Geraldes talk to Professor Kamlesh Khunti of the University of Leicester. They learn about a new way of conceptualising common medical conditions that has the potential to radically transform both health services and patient outcomes. Click here to read the full series: htt...

In this episode of The Lancet In Conversation With, editors Niall Boyce and Bea Gómez Pérez-Nievas are joined by three leading researchers to discuss highlights from The Lancet's special issue on neurology. The conversation covers three landmark studies: the PADOVA trial of prasinezumab in early-stage Parkinson's disease, the ORATORIO-HAND study extending ocrelizumab treatment to wheelchair-using...

Do we need to rethink our response to conflict and forced displacement? A new Lancet Commission radically rethinks policy, funding, and practical approaches to humanitarian crises. Chair Professor Paul Spiegel joins Niall Boyce from the Lancet to discuss the aims and recommendations of this Commission on one of the most pressing health issues of the 21st century. Click here to visit the commission...

The Lancet’s Niall Boyce and Jonathan Pimm, and eBioMedicine’s Kalypso Karastergiou discuss an exciting new potential treatment for alcohol use disorder: semaglutide. As new research is published in The Lancet, they go behind the headlines with lead author Professor Anders Fink-Jensen to ask what the study showed, and what its implications are for the future of addiction medicine. Click here to re...

The uniqueness of each patient is at the heart of this year's World Cancer Day. Each cancer patient has their own hopes, dreams and fears. In this Podcast you will hear from two cancer survivors about their unique experience with cancer and the importance of personalised cancer care not only on their bodies but also on their lives. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https:...

In Conversation with The Lancet returns with Dr Susannah Stanway, honorary consultant medical oncologist at the Royal Marsden and honorary clinical senior lecturer in Education at the Institute of Cancer Research, reflecting on London Global Cancer Week 2025. This episode goes beyond event highlights to discuss the need for a global oncology agenda rooted in equity, evidence-based care, and value...

Ultra-processed foods are on the rise. Despite the emphasis placed on individual responsibility, our deteriorating diets are primarily the result of the sophisticated political tactics of a powerful global ultra-processed food industry. Addressing this urgent threat demands a coordinated response from the global public health community. So argues a 3-paper Series published in The Lancet that exami...

Franck Morschhauser joins Ben Abbott of The Lancet to discuss the phase 3 EPCORE FL-1 study on epcoritamab, lenalidomide, and rituximab for relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma, which is being presented at ASH 2025. Click here to read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)02360-8/fulltext Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at....

Shun Lu joins Ben Abbott of The Lancet to discuss the phase 3 HARMONi-6 trial of ivonescimab plus chemotherapy as first-line treatment in advanced squamous non-small-cell lung cancer, which is being presented at ESMO 2025. Click here to read the full article Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://faceb...

Neal Shore joins Ben Abbott of The Lancet to discuss the phase 3 POTOMAC trial of durvalumab plus BCG in BCG-naïve, high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer, which is being presented at ESMO 2025. Click here to read the full article Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedic...

With the global burden of liver cancer growing, The Lancet has commissioned an international panel of experts to identify strategies to strengthen the prevention, surveillance, diagnosis, and treatment of liver cancer. Stephen Chan joins Ben Abbott of The Lancet to discuss the key messages of the Commission, which is published today on World Hepatitis Day. Read the full Commission: https://www.the...

Early detection of oesophageal adenocarcinoma improves outcomes. Patients with the precursor lesion, Barrett's oesophagus, are recommended to undergo regular endoscopic surveillance, a process that can be burdensome for patients and health services.  Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald's team have developed a tool that may be able to improve Barrett's surveillance. She joins us to discuss her recent pros...

Vania Wisdom, Senior Executive Editor at The Lancet and the journal's Oncology Ambassador, and Katherine Gourd, Acting Deputy Editor at The Lancet Oncology, join Leon Terner to share some of their experiences, impressions and highlights from this year's American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) conference.  If you haven't already, be sure to listen to Vania's pre-ASCO predictions podcast here:...

Changsong Qi joins Chloe Wilson and Ben Abbott of The Lancet to discuss their recently published phase 2 randomised controlled trial investigating Claudin-18 isoform 2-specific CAR T-cell therapy for previously treated advanced gastric or gastro-oesophageal junction cancer. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)00860-8/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_i...

Vania Wisdom, Senior Executive Editor at The Lancet and the journal's Oncology Ambassador, joins Gavin Cleaver to discuss what's being published at this year's American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting, what she's excited to see at the conference, and why ASCO is so important to the field. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https:/...

Francis Couturaud joins Chloe Wilson of The Lancet to discuss the RENOVE trial, which looks at assessing the efficacy and safety of reduced-dose versus full-dose direct oral anticoagulants in patients in whom extended anticoagulation has been indicated. Read the full paper:  https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)02842-3/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lan...

This week, we discuss treatment approaches for uncomplicated appendicitis in children following the publication of a trial in our January 18th issue. Lead author Shawn St Peter, general paediatric surgeon and surgeon-in-chief at Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, spoke with Callam Davidson about the motivation behind the study, key findings, and what the results mean for clinical practice. Re...

Michael Heneka joins Chloe Wilson and Bea Gomez Perez-Nievas of The Lancet to discuss a therapeutics paper discussing the opportunities and challenges of passive anti-amyloid β immunotherapy in Alzheimer's disease. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)01883-X/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lancet Continue this conversation on soci...

ROSHNI-2 was a multicentre, randomised controlled trial that investigated the efficacy of a culturally adapted, cognitive behavioural therapy-based intervention for postnatal depression in British south Asian women. Joining us to share their expertise and perspectives are chief investigator Professor Nusrat Husain, trial manager Farah Lunat, and service user representative Fehmida Motala. Read the...

Rasha Al-Lamee and Shayna Chotai join Chloe Wilson of The Lancet to discuss ESC Congress 2024 highlights. The papers featured on this podcast are: 1) https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)01733-1/fulltext 2) https://www.nejm.org/doi/abs/10.1056/NEJMoa2409134 3) https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)01454-5/abstract 4) https://www.nejm.org/d...

On August 14th, the World Health Organisation declared a public health emergency of international concern in relation to mpox. This was motivated, in part, by the emergence of a concerning new strain of mpox, clade 1b, which has spread rapidly across Central Africa. Joining me this week to discuss important clinical aspects of the current mpox outbreak are Dr Oriol Mitja, Associate Professor at th...

Natasha Pocovi joins Chloe Wilson of The Lancet to discuss a trial investigating a walking and education intervention for the prevention of low back pain recurrence in Australia (WalkBack). Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)00755-4?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://...

Prasad Kulkarni joins Callam Davidson of The Lancet to discuss the safety and immunogenicity of a bivalent conjugate vaccine against typhoid and paratyphoid, following the publication of a phase 1 trial. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)00249-6/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lancet Continue this conversation on social! Follow...

Patricia Campbell and Frans Rutten join Chloe Wilson for an educationally-focused podcast, discussing the key messages for clinical practice on heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. Read the full Seminar: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(23)02756-3/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lancet Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at....

Lene Seidler joins Callam Davidson of The Lancet to discuss umbilical cord clamping strategies at preterm birth following the publication of two systemic review and meta-analyses with individual participant data. Read the full articles: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(23)02468-6/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lancet https://www.thelancet.com/journals/...