The Lancet Haematology in conversation with

Thalassaemia care is advancing fast, from gene therapies to AI diagnostics, but access and prevention still lag behind. Hear from the authors of The Lancet Haematology's "Thalassaemia revisited: from health burden to breakthroughs" Series, produced with The Lancet Regional Health – Southeast Asia, on epidemiology across Asia, what's working in prevention, the real barriers to gene therapy access, and what's next for hydroxyurea, regional manufacturing, and AI in patient care.

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www.thelancet.com/series-do/thalassaemia

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The Lancet Regional Heath Southeast Asia:  https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lansea/article/PIIS2772-3682(26)00148-4/fulltext

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Editorial team: editor-in-chief Lan-Lan Smith, deputy editor Emma Cookson, and senior editor Daniela Marin

Podcast editing: Matteo Simonetti

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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.

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https://www.thelancet.com/series-do/adverse-events-in-haematology-oncology

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Editorial team: editor-in-chief Lan-Lan Smith, deputy editor Emma Cookson, and senior editor Daniela Marin

Podcast editing: Matteo Simonetti

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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.

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https://www.thelancet.com/commissions-do/women-bleeding-thrombosis

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Editorial team: editor-in-chief Lan-Lan Smith, deputy editor Emma Cookson, and senior editor Daniela Marin

Podcast editing: Matteo Simonetti

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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.

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https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhae/article/PIIS2352-3026(26)00128-6/fulltext

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Editorial team: editor-in-chief Lan-Lan Smith, deputy editor Emma Cookson, and senior editor Daniela Marin

Podcast editing: Matteo Simonetti

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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

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https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhae/article/PIIS2352-3026(26)00046-3/fulltext

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Editorial team: editor-in-chief Lan-Lan Smith, deputy editor Emma Cookson, and senior editor Daniela Marin

Podcast editing: Matteo Simonetti

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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.

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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

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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.

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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/fulltext

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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

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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.

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https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhae/article/PIIS2352-3026(25)00328-X/fulltext

English version of this podcast:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1564352/episodes/18730659

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Editorial team: editor-in-chief Lan-Lan Smith, deputy editor Emma Cookson, and senior editor Daniela Marin

Podcast editing: Matteo Simonetti

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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/fulltext

Continue this conversation on social!

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

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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.

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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

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