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Louise Chappell and Na'ama Carlin on Personal Cancer Stories
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 thi...
Susannah Stanway on the London Global Cancer Week
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Conversation with The Lancet returns with Dr Susannah Stanway, honorary consultant medical oncologist at the Royal Marsden and honorary clinical se...
Carlos Monteiro, Camila Corvalán, and Phil Baker on Ultra-Processed Foods and Human Health
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ultra-processed foods are on the rise. Despite the emphasis placed on individual responsibility, our deteriorating diets are primarily the result of t...
Presented at ASH: the EPCORE FL-1 study on epcoritamab in follicular lymphoma
07 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Franck Morschhauser joins Ben Abbott of The Lancet to discuss the phase 3 EPCORE FL-1 study on epcoritamab, lenalidomide, and rituximab for relapsed o...
Presented at ESMO: the HARMONi-6 study on a bispecific antibody therapy for squamous NSCLC
19 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 squ...
Presented at ESMO: the POTOMAC study on immunotherapy in non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 bla...
Stephen Chan on the Lancet Commission on addressing the global hepatocellular carcinoma burden
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With the global burden of liver cancer growing, The Lancet has commissioned an international panel of experts to identify strategies to strengthen the...
Rebecca Fitzgerald on biomarker risk stratification with capsule sponge in the surveillance of Barrett's oesophagus
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Early detection of oesophageal adenocarcinoma improves outcomes. Patients with the precursor lesion, Barrett's oesophagus, are recommended to und...
ASCO 2025 Debrief
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Vania Wisdom, Senior Executive Editor at The Lancet and the journal's Oncology Ambassador, and Katherine Gourd, Acting Deputy Editor at The Lance...
Presented at ASCO: the first RCT of CAR T-cell therapy in solid tumours
31 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Changsong Qi joins Chloe Wilson and Ben Abbott of The Lancet to discuss their recently published phase 2 randomised controlled trial investigating Cla...
Previewing ASCO 2025
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Vania Wisdom, Senior Executive Editor at The Lancet and the journal's Oncology Ambassador, joins Gavin Cleaver to discuss what's being publi...
Francis Couturaud on treatment of venous thromboembolism
14 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Francis Couturaud joins Chloe Wilson of The Lancet to discuss the RENOVE trial, which looks at assessing the efficacy and safety of reduced-dose versu...
Shawn St Peter on appendicectomy versus antibiotics for acute uncomplicated appendicitis in children
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we discuss treatment approaches for uncomplicated appendicitis in children following the publication of a trial in our January 18th issue. ...
Michael Heneka on passive anti-amyloid β immunotherapy in Alzheimer’s disease
09 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Heneka joins Chloe Wilson and Bea Gomez Perez-Nievas of The Lancet to discuss a therapeutics paper discussing the opportunities and challenges...
Nusrat Husain, Farah Lunat, and Fehmida Motala on postnatal depression in British south Asian women (the ROSHNI-2 trial)
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
ROSHNI-2 was a multicentre, randomised controlled trial that investigated the efficacy of a culturally adapted, cognitive behavioural therapy-based in...
Rasha Al-Lamee and Shayna Chotai on ESC 2024 highlights
10 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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) ht...
Dr Oriol Mitjà and Dr Hypolite Muhindo Mavoko on mpox
05 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On August 14th, the World Health Organisation declared a public health emergency of international concern in relation to mpox. This was motivated, in ...
Natasha Pocovi on the prevention of low back pain recurrence
08 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Natasha Pocovi joins Chloe Wilson of The Lancet to discuss a trial investigating a walking and education intervention for the prevention of low back p...
Prasad Kulkarni on a vaccine against typhoid and paratyphoid
02 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Prasad Kulkarni joins Callam Davidson of The Lancet to discuss the safety and immunogenicity of a bivalent conjugate vaccine against typhoid and parat...
Patricia Campbell and Frans Rutten on heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
28 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Patricia Campbell and Frans Rutten join Chloe Wilson for an educationally-focused podcast, discussing the key messages for clinical practice on heart ...
Lene Seidler on umbilical cord management at preterm birth
21 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lene Seidler joins Callam Davidson of The Lancet to discuss umbilical cord clamping strategies at preterm birth following the publication of two syste...
Emily Chew on the future of treatments for geographic atrophy
26 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Emily Chew joins Chloe Wilson of The Lancet to discuss the future of treatments for geographic atrophy following the publication of two randomised con...
Simon Kyle on a new effective treatment for insomnia
31 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Simon Kyle joins Gavin Cleaver of The Lancet to discuss his paper on sleep restriction therapy as a new effective treatment for insomnia.Read the ful...
Verna Vanderpuye and Isabelle Soerjomataram on International Women's Day and cancer
08 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this International Women's Day, Lancet editors and the co-chairs of the Women and Cancer Commission discuss the burden of women’s cancer o...
Nick James on the STAMPEDE trial
23 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nick James discusses the key messages of the recent report from the STAMPEDE trial platform and the success of this platform in advancing the treatmen...
Jie Qiao (in Chinese) on reproductive health in China
02 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
《柳叶刀》亚洲执行主编王辉对话《柳叶刀中国女性生殖、孕产妇、新生儿、儿童和青少年健康重大报告》共同主...
Jie Qiao (in English) on reproductive health in China
02 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Helena Wang discusses The Lancet Commission on women's reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (RMNCAH) in China with author...
Siobhan Quenby & Arri Coomarasamy on miscarriage
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Siobhan Quenby & Arri Coomarasamy discuss the key findings from The Lancet's new Series on miscarriage.Continue this conversation on social!F...
Muir Gray
25 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On the 50th anniversary of the Inverse Care Law, Professor Sir Muir Gray joins Gavin Cleaver to discuss the continuing importance of the ICL, and noti...
Mary Bassett
11 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Lancet's new Commission, Public Policy and Health in the Trump Era, looks back at the effects of the last four years on the health of the USA...
Richard Horton on the Oxford vaccine phase 3 trial
08 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Editor-in-chief of The Lancet, Richard Horton, discusses the results of the Oxford vaccine's phase 3 trial.Continue this conversation on social!...
Renee Salas
02 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Renee Salas, leader of the Lancet Countdown policy brief in the US, discusses the climate problems facing the US, the issues of the last four years, a...
Rafael Lozano and Margaret Kruk
02 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Universal health coverage (UHC) is a vital facet of healthcare across the world, and a new Global Burden of Disease paper seeks to measure its spread....
Richard Horton
20 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Lancet Editor-in-Chief Richard Horton explains the current status of the Oxford and China COVID-19 vaccines, including an overview of current pro...
Kathleen O’Reilly and Stein Emil Vollset
14 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The new Global Burden of Disease paper forecasts major alterations in worldwide population over the next few decades. We ask Kathleen O’Reilly, of L...
Rosanna Peeling
07 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Rosanna Peeling discusses the implications of seroprevalence results from recent COVID-19 antibody studies.Continue this conversation on soc...
Bin Cao (in Chinese)
09 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
柳叶刀亚洲执行主编王辉跟曹彬教授关于2019冠状病毒感染住院患者临床发病过程和死亡危险因素的讨论Continue this ...
Bin Cao
09 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Asia Executive Editor of The Lancet, Helena Hui Wang, chats with Bin Cao about clinical course and risk factors for mortality of adult inpatients ...
Richard Horton, Sarah Dalglish, and Grace Gatera
19 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Horton, Sarah Dalglish, and Grace Gatera talk about the future for children alive today, alongside findings from the new Commission.Continue t...