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The Lancet Oncology @thelancetoncol.bsky.social · 8d

🚨Our Oct issue is live -
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📈Articles: on #RCC, #SCLC, #NSCLC, #BladderCancer, #Myeloma, #PancreaticCancer,
#EndometrialCancer, and #ThyroidCancer

📝Reviews: EU–CAYAS–NET recommendations for health-care transitions in young people beyond
childhood cancer

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The Lancet Oncology @thelancetoncol.bsky.social · 9d

No time to wait: resilience as a cornerstone for primary health care across Latin America and the Caribbean, a World Bank-PAHO Lancet Regional Health Americas Commission - The Lancet Regional Health – Americas www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

No time to wait: resilience as a cornerstone for primary health care across Latin America and the Caribbean, a World Bank-PAHO Lancet Regional Health Americas Commission

The Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region is particularly vulnerable to multiple shocks, including natural, anthropogenic, and climate change-related, which threaten the health and well-being o...

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The Lancet @thelancet.com · 14d

Oncolytic viruses have the unique ability to selectively replicate within (and to destroy) cancer cells, offering a promising approach in cancer treatment.

A new Review summarises clinical progress, remaining challenges, & future research directions: tinyurl.com/9667u3ab

Figure showing the production and transplantation of β cells derived from embryonic or induced pluripotent stem cells. Copyright: 2025 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. CC BY 4.0.

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The Lancet @thelancet.com · 13d

Cancer deaths expected to rise to over 18 million in 2050—an increase of nearly 75% from 2024, study forecasts.

Explore the data ▶️ tinyurl.com/5n7dfnws @ihmeuw.bsky.social #NCDs

Figure: Global age-specific cancer (A) incidence and (B) mortality in 2023 for all sexes combined. Results are presented by 5-year age group. Left panels present age-specific incidence and mortality rates. Right panels present age-specific new case and death proportions. Copyright: 2025 Elsevier Ltd. All rights are reserved.

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The Lancet Oncology @thelancetoncol.bsky.social · 26d

🚨Our Sept issue is live - 25 years! thelancet.com/journals/lan...

📊Articles #renalcellcarcinoma, #prostatecancer, #meningioma, #thymiccarcinoma, & #colorectalcancer

Reviews: 📰 ESTRO and ASTRO plus endorsed guidelines on vol delineation & 📰 Common Sense Oncology and EORTC on reporting QoL data

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The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology, & Women’s Health @lancetobgyn-wh.bsky.social · 27d

Our inaugural issue is out now! 🎉

Explore and download our first issue and read featured content, Editor's picks, announcements, and much more on our journal homepage: hubs.li/Q03GFPRK0

Thank you to our authors and reviewers!

#medsky #physician-researcher #obgynsky #womenshealthsky

Cover of The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology, & Women's Health. The illustration shows a woman and the outline of a woman: the woman holds a stethoscope to the woman's outline. Within the outline are 6 images of women in different stages of their life.

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The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology, & Women’s Health @lancetobgyn-wh.bsky.social · 27d

We have also launched our podcast channel, which is available in several places:

Buzzsprout: thelancetobgynwomenshealth.buzzsprout.com

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Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/66s00Mx...

We launch with two podcasts: check them out now!

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Editors at The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology, & Women’s Health, in conversation with the journal’s authors, researchers, policymakers, economists, politicians, and others who share a common passi...

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The Lancet Oncology @thelancetoncol.bsky.social · Sep 8

@thelancetoncol.bsky.social is pleased to announce we are partnering with @estroradiotherapy.bsky.social and Radiotherapy and Oncology for a second year at next year’s Congress in Stockholm. Please submit your abstracts!

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ESTRO 2026

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The Lancet Oncology @thelancetoncol.bsky.social · Sep 7

Super session announcing a new @thelancet.com @iaslc.bsky.social Commission on lung cancer at this year’s WCLC 2025 in Barcelona

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Rob Brierley @robbrierley.bsky.social · Aug 28

New at The Lancet Public Health - Targeting alcohol use in high-risk population groups: a US microsimulation study of beverage-specific pricing policies

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#alcohol #LiverSky #MedSky

Targeting alcohol use in high-risk population groups: a US microsimulation study of beverage-specific pricing policies

Disproportionate increases in retail prices for the cheapest beverages, beer and spirits, might lead to a greater decline in consumption among high-risk groups. Pricing policies could thus be used as ...

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The Lancet @thelancet.com · Aug 14

“The world cannot afford another crisis in which lives are lost not for lack of vaccines, but for lack of truth.”

A new Comment on the global cost of US vaccine misinformation: bit.ly/3Uu7b5o

A crisis of credibility: the global cost of US vaccine misinformation

The global health community faces a deepening challenge—not only from infectious diseases but also from a pandemic of misinformation.1 The USA, long a cornerstone of global health leadership, has beco...

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The Lancet Oncology @thelancetoncol.bsky.social · Aug 12

🔴Online today: Health-related quality of life in patients with KRASG12C-mutated chemorefractory metastatic #colorectalcancer treated with sotorasib plus panitumumab or standard of care (CodeBreaK 300): results from a phase 3, randomised clinical trial

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The Lancet Oncology @thelancetoncol.bsky.social · Aug 8

🗞️News: Kenya adopts digitally enabled cancer-care model, Paul Adepoju reports

“This is just the beginning...What we're building is not just software. It's a system that puts people at the centre.” Lucy Mithu (Roche East Africa) told The Lancet Oncology

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Kenya adopts digitally enabled cancer-care model

At the recently held Second National Cancer Summit, the National Cancer Institute of Kenya (NCI-K) formally adopted a digitally enabled cancer-care model into the national health system. EMPOWER, whic...

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The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology @lancetgastrohep.bsky.social · Aug 7

Our September 2025 issue is out now at www.thelancet.com/gastrohep!

Content includes viral hepatitis, irritable bowel syndrome, diet, colorectal surgery, Crohn's disease, MASLD, primary biliary cholangitis, and more...

#GastroSky #MedSky #HepSky #IBDSky

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The Lancet @thelancet.com · Aug 7

Stay ahead in your field! 📣

Connect directly to late-breaking content published by The Lancet Group presented at global conferences and related events in your field, right from your inbox. Find out more: hubs.li/Q03BhlSK0

Register for Lancet Conference Alerts. Copyright: Elsevier Ltd.

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The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology @thelancetendo.bsky.social · Aug 7

Regulation of #endocrine #tumours by aberrant #GPCR is not restricted to cortisol-secreting adrenal lesions, but also occurs in tumours of several other organs www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

#MedSky #EndoSky #OncSky

Aberrant hormone receptors regulate a wide spectrum of endocrine tumors

Aberrant G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) expression is highly prevalent in cortisol-secreting primary bilateral macronodular adrenal hyperplasia (PBMAH) and unilateral adenomas. The aberrant express...

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The Lancet Primary Care @lancetprimarycare.bsky.social · Aug 7

📢Can't wait till our next issue? Stay connected with The Lancet Primary Care’s Update Alerts! Receive curated content, exclusive features, and more delivered straight to your inbox in between issues. Sign up today! hubs.li/Q03BhmQt0
#medsky #familymedicinesky #internalmedicinesky

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The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology, & Women’s Health @lancetobgyn-wh.bsky.social · Aug 7

Just published in The Lancet Oncology, updated ESGO–ESTRO–ESP guidelines on the treatment of endometrial carcinoma www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... @thelancetoncol.bsky.social

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The Lancet Oncology @thelancetoncol.bsky.social · Aug 1

🚨Online today: Prognostic and predictive value of baseline PSMA-PET total tumour volume and SUVmean in metastatic castration-resistant #prostatecancer in #ENZAp (ANZUP1901): a substudy from a multicentre, open-label, randomised, phase 2 trial

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The Lancet Oncology @thelancetoncol.bsky.social · Jul 30

What is the most probable cause of pneumocephalus in this case? (see thread for image & clinical history)

(A) Trauma
(B) Basal cell carcinoma with local destruction of the bone
(C) Colon cancer metastasis
(D) Local infection

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The Lancet Oncology @thelancetoncol.bsky.social · Jul 30

At clinical examination, the patient showed no neurological deficits. On the frontal part of his head, he had a wound from which a fluid was visibly pulsating. A CT of the brain was done and showed extensive pneumocephalus, with breakthrough osteolysis on the frontal left cranium

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The Lancet Oncology @thelancetoncol.bsky.social · Jul 30

🚨Clinical picture quiz: An 89-year-old patient was referred urgently following a 10-day headache. The patient recalled that colon cancer had been diagnosed 2 weeks earlier, and a basal cell carcinoma of the head 3 years earlier

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The Lancet Oncology @thelancetoncol.bsky.social · Jul 30

🔴Perspective:

The fight against burnout: @doctorsindistress.bsky.social

"Burnout is a silent killer that demands urgent and sustained action...Addressing this crisis requires systemic changes, collective advocacy, and compassion-driven interventions."

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The fight against burnout: doctors in distress

“I've just started a charity. I want to prevent this from happening again.” These poignant words were shared by Amandip Sidhu during a podcast interview reflecting on the tragic death of his brother, ...

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The Lancet Oncology @thelancetoncol.bsky.social · Jul 29

✏️Our editorial discusses the advantages and pitfalls of computer-aided drug design platforms and AI

Cancer drug discovery at warp speed: can AI deliver?

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The Lancet Oncology @thelancetoncol.bsky.social · Jul 29

🎧In our Aug podcast, author, Dr Jinming Li, discusses patterns in genomic mutations among patients with early-onset #colorectalcancer with Editor, Dr Cheryl Reeves

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