The Lancet Oncology in conversation with

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-theran...

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/PIIS1470-2...

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_lanonc Tell us what you thought about this episode Co...

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 episode Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social...

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 the public harms resulting from it. Tell us what you thought about this episode Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelanc...

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 Cancer Society, Georgia, USA) discuss their Personal View entitled, ‘Protecting Caribbean patients diagnosed with cancer from compounding disasters. Read t...

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 full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(24)00040-8/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanonc Tell us what you though...

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. Tell us what you thought about this episode Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thel...

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 Australia. Tell us what you thought about this episode Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://in...

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 multicentre retrospective study.’ Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(23)00638-1/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout...

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 radiotherapy in primary renal cell carcinoma. Tell us what you thought about this episode Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https:/...

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 HPV vaccine in women aged 15–26 years in India. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(23)00480-1/fulltext?dgc...

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 worldwide. Tell us what you thought about this episode Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/the...

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 intracranial glioma. Read the full Policy Review: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(23)00453-9/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podca...

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: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(23)00390-X/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanonc Tell us what you thought about this episode Continue this conversation on soci...

Ticiana Leal (Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA) discusses her paper on Tumour Treating Fields. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(23)00344-3/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanonc Tell us what you thought about this episode Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bs...

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: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(23)00293-0/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanonc Tell us what you thought about this episode Continue this co...

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. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(23)00246-2/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanonc Tell us wha...

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 Clinical Trials (SISAQOL) initiative. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(23)00157-2/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_...

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 mixed-methods analysis of availability, price, and health-system determinants in east Africa”. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanon...

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". Tell us what you thought about this episode Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup http...

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: Temporary treatment cessation versus continuation of first-line tyrosine kinase inhibitor in patients with advanced clear cell renal cell carcinoma (STAR) Tell us what you tho...

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: Defining genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic, epigenetic, and phenotypic biomarkers with prognostic capability in male breast cancer Tell us what you thought about this episode Cont...

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: Sex disparity in childhood cancer in India: a multi-centre, individual patient data analysis Tell us what you thought about this episode Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.socia...

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: 5-year outcomes after stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy for primary renal cell carcinoma Tell us what you thought about this episode Continue this conversation on social! Follow us to...