The Lancet Oncology in conversation with – Details, episodes & analysis

Jamie Prowse, Senior Editor at The Lancet Oncology, is joined by Dr Hedvig Hricak (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA) and Dr Zachary Ward (Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA) to discuss Cancer workforce—a global crisis: a Lancet Oncology Commission.

To discover more about the commission click here: www.thelancet.com/commissions-do/cancer-workforce.

To read the full commission click here: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(26)00065-3

Cheryl Lai, Acting Deputy Editor of The Lancet Oncology, is joined by Professor Fred Saad (Department of Surgery/Urology, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada) to discuss pain and health-related quality-of-life outcomes from the randomised phase 3 ARANOTE trial of darolutamide in metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer. Hear about the findings from the study, the importance of quality of life for patients with metastatic prostate cancer, and how clinical research in metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer might look in the next 5 years.

Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(26)00014-8/fulltext

Smriti Patodia, Senior Editor of The Lancet Oncology, is joined by Dr Andrea Necchi, Associate Professor at the Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, and the Director of Genitourinary Medical Oncology at the San Raffaele Hospital, in Milan, Italy, to discuss his SunRISe4-trial published in our October issue. Effective treatments are needed for patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer scheduled for radical cystectomy who are ineligible for or decline to receive neoadjuvant cisplatin-based chemotherapy. SunRISe-4 is a randomised, open-label, phase 2 trial being conducted at 109 investigative centres in ten countries worldwide, and aims to evaluate the safety and efficacy of neoadjuvant TAR-200 plus cetrelimab (anti-PD-1) versus cetrelimab monotherapy in this disease setting. They discuss the unique features of the TAR-200 localised sustained delivery system for gemcitabine, the key findings from the SunRISe4-trial trial, and what the future implications of the findings are in terms of better treatment options for patients with bladder cancer.

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https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(25)00358-4/abstract?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_September_25_lanonc

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Kat Gourd, Acting Deputy Editor of The Lancet Oncology, is joined by Dr Linda Bi, Dr Ruchit Patel, Dr Chloe Gui, Dr Farshad Nassiri, and Dr Matija Snuderl, from institutions in the USA and Canada, to discuss two exciting papers on TERT expression and TERT promoter mutations in meningiomas. In these two cohort studies, the authors analyse the expression of TERT and TERT promoter mutations in meningiomas, assess their association with patient outcomes, and discuss the potential implications for patient management and the classification of these tumours.

You can read the two Articles here:

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(25)00267-0/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_September_25_lanonc

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(25)00422-X/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_September_25_lanonc

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Cheryl Reeves, Senior Editor at The Lancet Oncology, is joined by Dr Jinming Li, from the Department of Colorectal Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Centre, Shanghai, China to discuss his international, multicohort, observational study on patterns in genomic mutations among patients with early-onset colorectal cancer.

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https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(25)00239-6?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_July_25_lanonc

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Jamie Prowse, Senior Editor at The Lancet Oncology, is joined by Professor Abdalla Awidi (Founder and Director of Stem Cell Therapy Center, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan) to discuss The Lancet Oncology's Cancer control in the Middle East Series. The Series comprises five papers from regional experts who discuss the current outlook for cancer in the Middle East and future developments.

See the whole Series here:

https://www.thelancet.com/series-do/cancer-control-in-middle-east?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_lanonccanceremro25_lanonc

Watch the Series video here: https://youtu.be/t3AGdouXpqg

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Katherine Gourd, Acting Deputy Editor at The Lancet Oncology, and Vania Wisdom, Senior Executive Editor at The Lancet and the journal's Oncology Ambassador, 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: https://www.buzzsprout.com/882697/episodes/17233167

Articles discussed in this podcast episode include:

Zanidatamab plus chemotherapy as first-line treatment for patients with HER2-positive advanced gastro-oesophageal adenocarcinoma: primary results of a multicentre, single-arm, phase 2 study: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(25)00287-6/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_asco2025_lanonc_tlo

Claudin-18 isoform 2-specific CAR T-cell therapy (satri-cel) versus treatment of physician's choice for previously treated advanced gastric or gastro-oesophageal junction cancer (CT041-ST-01): a randomised, open-label, phase 2 trial: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)00860-8/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_asco2025_lanonc_tlo

Relacorilant and nab-paclitaxel in patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer (ROSELLA): an open-label, randomised, controlled, phase 3 trial: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01040-2/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_asco2025_lanonc_tlo

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Smriti Patodia, Senior Editor of The Lancet Oncology, is joined by Professor Caroline Robert from Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, France to discuss the EBIN trial. EBIN was an open-label, randomised, controlled, phase 2 trial conducted at 37 centres in eight European countries, and aimed to investigate the use of a targeted-therapy induction regimen before treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors in patients with metastatic melanoma with BRAFV600E or BRAFV600K mutations. 

They discuss the disease burden of advanced melanoma with BRAF mutations, the key findings from the EBIN trial, and the future implications of the study findings, especially for a select sub-population of patients with advanced melanoma.

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https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(25)00133-0/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_May_25_lanonc

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Kat Gourd, Acting Deputy Editor of The Lancet Oncology, is joined by Professor Richard Bryant from the University of Oxford to discuss the TRANSLATE trial.

This extensive UK-based randomised controlled trial compares the use of local anaesthetic ultrasound-guided transperineal biopsy with the traditional transrectal biopsy approach for diagnosing prostate cancer. They analyse the key findings of the trial, including the detection rates of clinically significant prostate cancer, infection risks, patient experiences, and the potential implications for clinical practice and health policy.

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https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(25)00100-7/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_30-04-25_lanonc

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Professor Amar U. Kishan (Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA) discusses his paper on HYpofractionateD RAdiotherapy for Prostate Cancer (HYDRA): An Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis of Randomised Trials in the MARCAP Consortium.

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