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In this special roundtable episode with editors from eClinicalMedicine, we welcome two new Senior Editors, Victoria Higgs and Jing Yuan, to the team, and Claudia Schaefer, Sundus Shafat Ahmad, and Charlotte Rowbottom chat with Hannah Linne to reflect on highlights of 2025 and share what they think will be prominent in 2026. The team discusses standout research papers, the launch of our LinkedIn and Bluesky social media pages, and highlights from the American Society of Haematology Annual 2025 meeting. Looking ahead to 2026, the editors anticipate the growing role of AI in clinical practice and continued discussions on regulation, new Review commissions, two upcoming Series on gynaecological cancers and the new WHO guidance on follow-up care of small or sick newborns, and an exciting partnership with the International Agency for Research on Cancer for their International Scientific conference, marking their 60th anniversary year.   https://www.thelancet.com/series-do/childhood-cancer-asia https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(25)00272-X/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(25)00408-0/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(25)00441-9/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(25)00442-0/fulltext https://www.buzzsprout.com/1845316/episodes/17971614  https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(25)00518-8/fulltext  https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(25)00165-8/fulltext https://www.buzzsprout.com/1845316/episodes/17273572  https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(25)00450-X/fulltext Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv

Mahdi Sheikh joins Elena Bellafante, Deputy Editor for eClinicalMedicine, to discuss the evidence that regular use of pharmaceutical opioids for pain management may be associated with a higher risk of developing certain cancers, particularly those already known to be linked to opium consumption. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(25)00371-2/fulltext Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv

Giulia Zamagni joins Claudia Schaefer to discuss her recent Series of 4 papers from the Italian Global Burden of Disease collaborators providing the disease burden estimates and temporal trends for leukemia, multiple myeloma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma and Hodgkin lymphoma in Italy. Click here to read the full text in this series: paper 1; paper 2; paper 3; paper 4  Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv

Karin Modig and Yuge Zhang join Charlotte Rowbottom to discuss their recent work on the disease trajectories of centenarians in Sweden, covering disease burden, the rate of disease accumulation, and patterns of multimorbidity. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(25)00328-1/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_September_25_eclinm Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv

Dr Marleen Vallinga and Dr Philippine Roijer join Hannah Linne to discuss their recent work on developing core outcome sets for feminising and masculinising genital gender-affirming surgery, the importance of gender-affirming surgery for transgender individuals, and the GenderCOS project. Find out more about the GenderCOS project: https://www.gendercos.org/ Read the associated articles: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(25)00255-X/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_August_25_eclinm https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(25)00257-3/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_August_25_eclinm Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv

Sonja Aalbers talks with Owen Stretton about her group's systematic review and multilevel meta-analysis of trials assessing personally tailored music therapies for patients with anxiety and how they can offer effective, flexible, and scalable interventions for reducing anxiety symptoms. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(25)00225-1/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_June_25_eclinm Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv

Dr. Jan Hontelez and Professor Till Barnighausen join Sundus Ahmad to discuss their modelling study which predicted changes in HIV deaths and new infections due to the PEPFAR funding freeze. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(25)00165-8/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_Jun_25_eclinm Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv

Professor Jamie Lachman and Dr Qing Han join Rachel Kerslake to discuss their recent systematic review and meta analysis looking at the Prevalence of intimate partner violence among child marriage victims and the comparison with adult marriages. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(25)00016-1/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_28-04-25_eclinm Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv

Dereje Gete joins Rachel Kerslake to talk about their recent study exploring hospitalisations and length of stays in women with endometriosis using data from the Australian Longitudinal Study. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(24)00609-6/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_eclinm Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv

Professor Richard van Zyl-Smit joins Hannah Linne to talk about their recent study investigating the burden and drivers of e-cigarette use among adolescents in South Africa. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(24)00549-2/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_eclinm Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv

The eClinicalMedicine team come together to discuss 2024 and 2025 in an editorial round table. Ben Burwood is joined by Hannah Linne and Rachel Kerslake to discuss obesity, AI, recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa, HIV engagement among adolescents, and the intersection between health and politics. Read the articles mentioned in this podcast: Safety and tolerability of losartan to treat recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa in children (REFLECT): an open-label, single-arm, phase 1/2 trial https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(24)00479-6/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_eclinm From diagnosis to deadlifts: navigating exercise with type 1 diabetes https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(24)00266-9/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_eclinm HIV interventions across the care continuum for adolescents in high-burden countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(24)00568-6/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_eclinm Healthy weight loss maintenance with exercise, GLP-1 receptor agonist, or both combined followed by one year without treatment: a post-treatment analysis of a randomised placebo-controlled trial https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(24)00054-3/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_eclinm Clinical spectrum and evolution of immune-checkpoint inhibitors toxicities over a decade—a worldwide perspective https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(24)00115-9/fulltext Fluid accumulation in critically ill children: a systematic review and meta-analysis https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(24)00293-1/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_eclinm A core outcome set for maternal and neonatal health research and surveillance of emerging and ongoing epidemic threats (MNH-EPI-COS): a modified Delphi-based international consensus https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(24)00604-7/fulltext Conference News pieces UK Congress on Obesity 2024 https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(24)00471-1/fulltext?dgcid Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv

Dr Karim Qayumi joins Sundus Ahmad to discuss the Canadian Virtual Medical University Initiative, a program designed to aid medical education in conflict zones and remote areas. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhae/article/PIIS2352-3026(24)00312-0/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lanhae Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv

Bridget Chukwudile and Dr Laura Nellums join Rachel Kerslake and Ben Burwood to talk about their recent systematic review on Antimicrobial resistance among migrants in Europe. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(24)00380-8/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_eclinm You can also read the 2018 systematic review and meta-analysis published by The Lancet Infectious Diseases here:  https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(18)30219-6/fulltext  Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv

Dr Zoe Kourtzi joins Sundus Ahmad and Hannah Linne to talk about her recent publication on the development of an AI-guided marker for early dementia prediction in real-world clinical settings. Read the full Article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(24)00304-3/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_eclinm Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv

Dr Anita Lim joins Elena Bellafante, Deputy Editor for eClinicalMedicine, to talk about her recent publication of the YouScreen study, a pragmatic implementation feasibility trial that assessed the impact of offering self-sampling to non-attenders within the English cervical cancer screening programme. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(24)00251-7/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_eclinm Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv