VJOncology Podcast

In this week’s VJOncology podcast, we had the opportunity to attend the 2026 British Thoracic Oncology Group (BTOG) conference, where we explored key developments in lung cancer screening, diagnostics, and clinical research. Join Robert Rintoul, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, Lauren Dixon, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK, Mariana Brandao, Jules Bordet Institut...

In this week’s VJOncology podcast, we had the opportunity to attend the 12th Immunotherapy of Cancer (ITOC) Conference, where we explored cutting-edge developments in cancer immunotherapy and tumor biology. Join David Giles of Washington University in St. Louis, MO, Bernard Fox of Providence Cancer Institute, Portland, OR, and Krijn Dijkstra of Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands...

In this week’s VJOncology podcast, we will be covering highlights from ASCO GU 2026 in San Francisco, CA. Dive into the latest advancements in genitourinary cancers, including groundbreaking trial results and emerging treatment strategies. In this episode, join Enrique Gallardo, MD, Parc Taulí University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain, Jan-Jaap Mellema, MD, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The...

In this week’s VJOncology podcast, as part of Oesophageal Cancer Awareness Month in the UK, we are pleased to bring you the latest advances shaping the treatment landscape for oesophageal and gastroesophageal cancers. Join leading experts Yelena Janjigian, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Berend van der Wilk, MD, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Kohei Shitara, MD, National Cancer Center Hos...

In this week’s VJOncology podcast, we are delighted to bring you the latest advances in circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA)-informed monitoring and follow-up strategies in breast cancer. Join leading experts Wolfgang Janni, MD, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany, Arielle Medford, MD, Massachusetts General Cancer Center, Boston, MA, Seth Wander, MD, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, and Rinat...

In this week’s VJOncology podcast, we bring you key updates on the evolving landscape of checkpoint inhibition beyond PD-1 and PD-L1 across solid tumors. Join leading experts Jesus Fuentes-Antras, MD, NEXT Oncology Madrid, Madrid, Spain, Laurence Buisseret, MD, PhD, Institute Jules Bordet, Brussels, Belgium, and Yuxiang Ma, MD, PhD, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China, as they d...

In recognition of Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, this episode of VJOncology podcasts explores advances in cervical cancer prevention and treatment. We hear from three leading experts who discuss pivotal developments shaping clinical practice. Dr Domenica Lorusso from Fondazione IRCCS National Cancer Institute of Milan examines the breakthrough combination of immunotherapy and radiotherapy in loc...

This podcast is available on the GI Cancer Channel on VJOncology, an independent medical education platform, which is supported by Takeda (Gold) and Gilead Sciences (Silver). Supporters have no influence over the production of content. The levels of sponsorship listed are reflective of the amount of funding given. This VJOncology podcast explores the evolving landscape of immunotherapy in gastroin...

In this week’s VJOncology podcast, we bring you key developments in novel approaches in immunotherapy refractory head and neck cancer. Join head and neck cancer expert Amanda Psyrri, MD, PhD, FACP, National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, as she discusses on mechanisms of resistance to checkpoint inhibitors, strategies to overcome resistance such as antibody drug conjugates (ADC...

In this week’s VJOncology podcast, the first of 2026, we bring you key updates in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in oncology and how it will impact clinicians and patients alike. Join renowned experts Anita Grigoriadis, PhD, King’s College London, London, UK, Rosalind Picard, ScD, MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA, Jana Lipkova, PhD, University of California, Irvine, CA, and Roberto Salgado, M...

In this episode of the VJOncology Podcast, we bring you key highlights from the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium 2025 (SABCS 2025). This curated episode features expert insights into practice-changing data across HER2-positive metastatic disease, hormone receptor–positive early breast cancer, and the growing role of artificial intelligence in risk stratification. Leading investigators discuss a...

In this week’s VJOncology podcast, we will be covering highlights from ESMO 2025 in Berlin, Germany. Gain expert insights in the field of genitourinary cancers, including highly-anticipated trial results, emerging biomarkers in kidney cancer, and the evolving role of radionuclides in  prostate cancer. Join renowned speakers Andrea Necchi, MD, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital and Scientific Institute, M...

In this week’s VJOncology podcast, we have the pleasure to bring you key updates in gastrointestinal cancer at ESMO 2025, which we attended live in Berlin. Join esteemed experts Kohei Shitara, MD, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan, Michele Reni, MD, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy, Stephen Lam Chan, MD, FRCP, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Chin...

In this episode of the VJOncology Podcast, we bring you four standout interviews from ESMO 2025 that are reshaping the way we think about lung cancer. From antibody-drug conjugates and bispecific T-cell engagers through novel HER2-targeted TKIs to tumour-immune microenvironment biomarkers, the treatment paradigm is evolving rapidly. Join us as we explore findings from the Phase III OptiTROP-Lung04...

In this week’s podcast from VJOncology, leading experts share key insights from the 44th Congress of the European Society of Surgical Oncology (ESSO 44), held in Gothenburg, Sweden. The meeting brought together global specialists to discuss innovations in cancer surgery, including artificial intelligence, robotics, and fluorescence imaging. Beate Rau, MD, PhD, highlights advances across gastrointe...

In this week’s VJOncology podcast, leading experts share the latest updates in ADCs in HER2-positive and metastatic breast cancer in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Charles Geyer, MD, discusses pivotal results from the Phase III DESTINY-Breast05 trial, where trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd) significantly improved invasive disease-free and disease-free survival versus trastuzumab emtans...

In this week’s VJOncology podcast, leading experts share key updates presented at the ESMO 2025 Congress in Berlin, Germany. Sara Tolaney, MD, MPH, highlights the expanding role of ADCs in earlier lines of metastatic breast cancer, presenting data from the DESTINY-Breast09 and ASCENT-03 trials, and discusses results from DESTINY-Breast05, where trastuzumab deruxtecan demonstrated superior outcomes...

In this week’s VJOncology podcast, leading experts share the latest updates in the management of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in recognition of Liver Cancer Awareness Month. Stephen Lam Chan, MD, FRCP, discusses emerging immunotherapy and targeted approaches, including novel TIM3 and TIGIT inhibitors, and findings from the SIERRA study of durvalumab and tremelimumab in advanced HCC. Lorenza Rima...

In this week’s VJOncology podcast, we are joined by brain tumor experts Stephen Bagley, MD, MSCE, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, and Cecile Riviere-Cazaux, PhD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, as they discuss the latest updates in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) liquid biopsies in brain tumors. They will comment on the rationale and challenges in CSF liquid biopsies in this space, current res...

In this week’s exclusive VJOncology podcast, we are joined by Javier Martín-Broto, MD, PhD, Fundación Jiménez Díaz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, who shares expert insights on the evolving role of immunotherapy in sarcoma. He discusses the unique immunosensitivity of alveolar soft part sarcoma, the potential of combining checkpoint inhibitors with anti-angiogenic or anti-CTLA-4 agents, and en...

In this week’s VJOncology podcast, we have the pleasure to bring you key updates in lung cancer at IASLC 2025 World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC), which we attended live in Barcelona, Spain. Join experts John Varlotto, MD, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, Alessio Cortellini, MD, Bio-Medico University, Rome, Italy, Ana Baramidze, MD, PhD, Todua Clinic, Tbilisi, Georgia, Nicolas Girard, MD, I...

In this week’s podcast from VJOncology, three leading experts provide insights into the latest advances in precision medicine for head and neck cancer. Luigi Lorini of Humanitas Research Hospital discusses the evolving treatment landscape of immunotherapy in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Danny Rischin of the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre presents findings from a Phase II trial evaluating...

In this week’s VJOncology podcast, we will be joined by Rupert Bartsch, MD, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, as he outlines current and emerging strategies for managing HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer after antibody–drug conjugate (ADC) therapy, with a focus on trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd). He discusses the use of tucatinib-based regimens, mechanisms of resistance to agents...

In this week’s installment of the VJOncology podcast, we will examine the cutting-edge applications of artificial intelligence in clinical oncology. This episode presents a curated series of expert insights into AI-driven tools for early detection, diagnostic precision, biomarker development, treatment guidance, and prognostic assessment. Leading clinicians and researchers discuss breast, sarcoma,...

Join leading GI cancer experts J. Randolph Hecht, UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA, Jasmine Mitchell, UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center, Santa Monica, CA, and Jingran Ji, UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center, Santa Monica, CA, as they share key insights from the most impactful gastrointestinal cancer updates presented at ASCO 2025. In this episode, they discuss pivotal trials i...