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.

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https://www.thelancet.com/commissions-do/hepatocellular-carcinoma?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_lancethcc25_lancet

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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 prospective real-world implementation study of capsule sponge risk stratification in Barrett’s oesophagus surveillance in the UK.

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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: 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_lancet_tlw

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_lancet_tlw

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_lancet_tlw

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