The Lancet Haematology in conversation with
Lan-Lan Smith, Editor-in-Chief, Emma Cookson, Deputy Editor, and Daniela Marín, Senior Editor at The Lancet Haematology, in conversation with the journal’s authors, explore their latest research and its impact on people’s health, healthcare, and health policy.A monthly audio companion to the journal, this podcast covers a broad range of topics, from racial and ethnic disparities in leukaemia survival outcomes to resuscitation with blood products compared with saline, the link between mental health and lymphoma to haemolytic disease in newborns, and more.
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Aug 27, 2026
Aug 27, 2026
35 min
Blood cancer treatments are advancing fast — but so are their side effects. Hear from the authors of The Lancet Haematology's Adverse Event reporting series on better trial design, patient-centric care, and what part 2 (2026) reveals about long-term toxicity, survivorship, regulation, and digital health tools.
Click here to visit the series hub on thelancet.com:
https://www.thelancet.com/series-do/adverse-events-in-haematology-oncology
The Lancet Haematology in conversation with... is part of the Lancet Group podcast offering. Editorial team: editor-in-chief Lan-Lan Smith, deputy editor Emma Cookson, and senior editor Daniela Marin Podcast editing: Matteo Simonetti Visit https://www.thelancet.com/multimedia to learn more about our multimedia offering. Find the best science for better lives at www.thelancet.comFollow us today at...https://thelancet.bsky.social/https://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

Aug 6, 2026
Aug 6, 2026
24 min
Dr Lan-Lan Smith joined the lead author of our latest Commission Dr Bethany Samuelson Bannow and author Dr Maureen Achebe to discuss classical haematological disease in women with Dr Julia Sandrin Gauer from the Intenational Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis. The podcast was recorded and produced by the ISTH to coincide with the launch of the Commission at the ISTH congress in Paris in July 2026.
Click here to read the commission on thelancet.com:
https://www.thelancet.com/commissions-do/women-bleeding-thrombosis
The Lancet Haematology in conversation with... is part of the Lancet Group podcast offering. Editorial team: editor-in-chief Lan-Lan Smith, deputy editor Emma Cookson, and senior editor Daniela Marin Podcast editing: Matteo Simonetti Visit https://www.thelancet.com/multimedia to learn more about our multimedia offering. Find the best science for better lives at www.thelancet.comFollow us today at...https://thelancet.bsky.social/https://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

Jul 3, 2026
Jul 3, 2026
15 min
Most previous patient-reported outcome results for CAR T-cell therapy have come from clinical trials testing these treatments, but information on how patients experience this treatment in real-world settings is scarce.
Dr Fabio Efficace and Dr Alice Di Rocco discuss their recent prospective study to measure real-world patient-reported symtomatic adverse events in those receiving CAR T-cell therapy for aggressive B-cell lymphomas, and how these outcomes match those reported by the physicans treating the patients. They discuss some of the rich and varied findings that they uncovered from their study.
Click here to read the full article:
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhae/article/PIIS2352-3026(26)00128-6/fulltext
The Lancet Haematology in conversation with... is part of the Lancet Group podcast offering. Editorial team: editor-in-chief Lan-Lan Smith, deputy editor Emma Cookson, and senior editor Daniela Marin Podcast editing: Matteo Simonetti Visit https://www.thelancet.com/multimedia to learn more about our multimedia offering. Find the best science for better lives at www.thelancet.comFollow us today at...https://thelancet.bsky.social/https://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

Jun 4, 2026
Jun 4, 2026
17 min
Dr Carmelo Gurnari joins us to discuss the development of recommendations from the EBMT Practice Harmonisation and Guidelines Committee on diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and donor management of donor cell-derived haematological neoplasms after HCT
click here to read the full article:
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhae/article/PIIS2352-3026(26)00046-3/fulltext
The Lancet Haematology in conversation with... is part of the Lancet Group podcast offering. Editorial team: editor-in-chief Lan-Lan Smith, deputy editor Emma Cookson, and senior editor Daniela Marin Podcast editing: Matteo Simonetti Visit https://www.thelancet.com/multimedia to learn more about our multimedia offering. Find the best science for better lives at www.thelancet.comFollow us today at...https://thelancet.bsky.social/https://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

Apr 28, 2026
Apr 28, 2026
16 min
Dr Penelope Stein joins us to discuss the development of new international guidelines for the diagnosis, management, and treatment of the rare, genetically-linked condition, acute prophyria.
Click here to read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhae/article/PIIS2352-3026(26)00044-X/fulltext
The Lancet Haematology in conversation with... is part of the Lancet Group podcast offering. Editorial team: editor-in-chief Lan-Lan Smith, deputy editor Emma Cookson, and senior editor Daniela Marin Podcast editing: Matteo Simonetti Visit https://www.thelancet.com/multimedia to learn more about our multimedia offering. Find the best science for better lives at www.thelancet.comFollow us today at...https://thelancet.bsky.social/https://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

Apr 2, 2026
Apr 2, 2026
17 min
Professor Marc Riedl joins us to discuss two trials testing oral deucrictibant for hereditary angioedema attacks: one testing deucrictibant as on-demand therapy to treat attacks and the other testing deucrictibant for prophylaxis of attacks.Click here to read the full articles:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhae/article/PIIS2352-3026(25)00341-2/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhae/article/PIIS2352-3026(26)00004-9/fulltextContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://thelancet.bsky.social/https://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv
The Lancet Haematology in conversation with... is part of the Lancet Group podcast offering. Editorial team: editor-in-chief Lan-Lan Smith, deputy editor Emma Cookson, and senior editor Daniela Marin Podcast editing: Matteo Simonetti Visit https://www.thelancet.com/multimedia to learn more about our multimedia offering. Find the best science for better lives at www.thelancet.comFollow us today at...https://thelancet.bsky.social/https://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

Mar 5, 2026
Mar 5, 2026
12 min
Dr Julio Delgado and Dr Valentín Ortiz-Maldonado join us to discuss the results of their phase 2 trial testing varnimcabtagene autoleucel for adults with relapsed or refractory B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in Spain.Click here to read the full article:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhae/article/PIIS2352-3026(25)00328-X/fulltextEnglish version of this podcast:https://www.buzzsprout.com/1564352/episodes/18730659Continue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://thelancet.bsky.social/https://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv
The Lancet Haematology in conversation with... is part of the Lancet Group podcast offering. Editorial team: editor-in-chief Lan-Lan Smith, deputy editor Emma Cookson, and senior editor Daniela Marin Podcast editing: Matteo Simonetti Visit https://www.thelancet.com/multimedia to learn more about our multimedia offering. Find the best science for better lives at www.thelancet.comFollow us today at...https://thelancet.bsky.social/https://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

Mar 5, 2026
Mar 5, 2026
12 min
Dr Julio Delgado and Dr Valentín Ortiz-Maldonado join us to discuss the results of their phase 2 trial testing varnimcabtagene autoleucel for adults with relapsed or refractory B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in Spain.Click here to read the full article:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhae/article/PIIS2352-3026(25)00328-X/fulltextContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://thelancet.bsky.social/https://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv
The Lancet Haematology in conversation with... is part of the Lancet Group podcast offering. Editorial team: editor-in-chief Lan-Lan Smith, deputy editor Emma Cookson, and senior editor Daniela Marin Podcast editing: Matteo Simonetti Visit https://www.thelancet.com/multimedia to learn more about our multimedia offering. Find the best science for better lives at www.thelancet.comFollow us today at...https://thelancet.bsky.social/https://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

Feb 5, 2026
Feb 5, 2026
19 min
Dr Erica Kaye and Dr Dylan Graetz join us to discuss the importance of qualitative research and how the whole research ecosystem can incorporate and support this type of research to help set the right research questions, and promote the patient voice.Click here to read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhae/article/PIIS2352-3026(25)00321-7/fulltextContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://thelancet.bsky.social/https://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv
The Lancet Haematology in conversation with... is part of the Lancet Group podcast offering. Editorial team: editor-in-chief Lan-Lan Smith, deputy editor Emma Cookson, and senior editor Daniela Marin Podcast editing: Matteo Simonetti Visit https://www.thelancet.com/multimedia to learn more about our multimedia offering. Find the best science for better lives at www.thelancet.comFollow us today at...https://thelancet.bsky.social/https://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

Jan 1, 2026
Jan 1, 2026
9 min
Professor Isabelle Mahé joins us to discuss the results of a post-hoc analysis of the API-CAT trial identifying predictors associated with clinically relevant bleeding during extended anticoagulation for cancer-associated venous thromboembolism.Click here to read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhae/article/PIIS2352-3026(25)00291-1/fulltextContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://thelancet.bsky.social/https://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv
The Lancet Haematology in conversation with... is part of the Lancet Group podcast offering. Editorial team: editor-in-chief Lan-Lan Smith, deputy editor Emma Cookson, and senior editor Daniela Marin Podcast editing: Matteo Simonetti Visit https://www.thelancet.com/multimedia to learn more about our multimedia offering. Find the best science for better lives at www.thelancet.comFollow us today at...https://thelancet.bsky.social/https://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv
