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Plenary Session

382 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 722 ratings

A podcast on medicine, oncology, & health policy.
Host: Vinay Prasad, MD MPH from University of California San Francisco.
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Episodes

Keynote 564 - a flawed study

February 01, 2024 17:10 - 17 minutes - 24.7 MB

Another flawed study Keynote 564. Pembro in adjuvant RCC

CONTACT-01 Cabo/ Atezo in Prostate Cancer - An Unethical trial

January 27, 2024 02:49 - 24 minutes - 34 MB

What happens when doctors run unethical studies?

CAR T causes MDS??? Manni, Goodman, Raj, Prasad

December 28, 2023 18:32 - 27 minutes - 37.7 MB

Does car T cause secondary AML? We discuss

Timothee and Prasad talk 2023 cancer trials

December 24, 2023 17:58 - 44 minutes - 60.6 MB

We talk about 2023 cancer trials

Aaron Goodman Prasad ASH UPDATES

December 20, 2023 18:31 - 52 minutes - 72.6 MB

Goodman and I discuss ash updates. My myeloma talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAz84yCnfjQ

Mandrola and Prasad

December 17, 2023 22:33 - 49 minutes - 68.3 MB

Subscribe to Sensible Med Pod; This is x over Post partum depression, orbita 2 and physics vs medicine

COVID19 Policy: What the US Got Wrong

November 26, 2023 01:22 - 1 hour - 80.2 MB

My Lecture in Curacao 4/4 Vaccines, Masks, Mandates, Lockdowns, School closure Other lectures to come

Lecture 1 of 4 Curacao - How to Keep Up with Literature

November 24, 2023 22:09 - 41 minutes - 38 MB

Entresto, Lung Transplants, How to Keep Up with Literature - Lecture to Trainees in Curacao

Advice Pre-Med Students | Lecture at UC Berkeley

November 11, 2023 01:43 - 48 minutes - 33.5 MB

This is a lecture I gave on November 5, 2023, to pre-medicine undergraduate students at University of California Berkeley.

Radiation oncology in GI malignancy - Nina Sanford and Bill Hall

October 31, 2023 18:15 - 23 minutes - 32.4 MB

Radiation oncology in GI malignancy (endpoints and stratification) in the JCO

Hawai Keynote - Coffee and colon cancer & Censoring & More

October 23, 2023 01:25 - 45 minutes - 62.6 MB

Prasad is back in Hawaii to give another keynote (good thing they cancelled Dallas not Honolulu). I discuss coffee and colon cancer, and censoring, and Lu177 PSMA

Ethics: How IRBs Can Do Better | My Denmark Lectures (Sept 2023) 3 Of 3

October 19, 2023 18:15 - 42 minutes - 30.2 MB

This is a lecture I gave on ethics and institutional review boards in Denmark in September 2023. It is the last of the three lectures I gave.

Prasad's lecture gets cancelled/ Cifu Gets COVID a SM crossover

October 16, 2023 15:01 - 54 minutes - 75.4 MB

Mandrola, Prasad and Cifu are back to discuss the latest drama

The State Of Immunotherapy In Oncology | My Denmark Lectures (Sept 2023) 2 Of 3

October 09, 2023 04:27 - 46 minutes - 28.1 MB

This is a lecture I gave on the state of immunotherapy in oncology at the Immunotherapy Symposium In Denmark in September 2023. It is the second of three lectures I gave.

Do We Have Good Evidence For New Drugs? My Denmark Lectures (Sept 2023) 1 Of 3

October 04, 2023 01:56 - 1 hour - 48.5 MB

The first of the three lectures I gave in Denmark in September 2023 was on the medical evidence behind decision-making by health technology assessment groups.

Great And Crazy Things We Do In Medicine

September 20, 2023 03:50 - 1 hour - 103 MB

This is the live recording of a talk given on the great and crazy things we do in medicine, from cancer drugs to boosters and more.

Fixing Cancer Medicine w/ Timothee Olivier

September 12, 2023 16:02 - 42 minutes - 59 MB

Timothee is back to discuss Malignant and Solutions

Coumadin, ECMO, RCTs and more

September 11, 2023 00:51 - 48 minutes - 66.8 MB

A far reaching discussion btw Mandrola and Prasad on RCTs, Coumadin, ECMO and RCTs for covid shots

Prasad and Mandrola discuss recent journal articles/ Republicans/ Stenting

August 23, 2023 01:35 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MB

Simultaneously released on Sensible Medicine. Time to subscribe to Sensible Medicine substack and podcast.

Placebo/ Journal Errors/ Cancer Screening w/ Mandrola - SM crossover

July 10, 2023 16:50 - 1 hour - 114 MB

Placebo/ Journal Errors/ Cancer Screening w/ Mandrola - SM crossover

Testosterone/ Should Scientists Debate/ Mike Joyner

June 28, 2023 00:50 - 59 minutes - 81.5 MB

A sensible medicine crossover episode Follow the sensible medicine podcast feed for more of these discussions

Post Protocol Therapy - QOL - Adjuvant - Olivier Joins VP

June 10, 2023 01:58 - 41 minutes - 56.8 MB

T. Olivier from Geneva is back. A fan favorite guest. We discuss 3 recent papers.

ADAURA OS RESULTS - THE TRIAL WAS UNETHICAL

June 08, 2023 20:24 - 24 minutes - 33.1 MB

Researchers were too busy counting dead bodies to give the control arm appropriate therapy when their cancer recurred. Disgusting conduct. I break down ADAURA

OBS studies vs RCTs - Trial Emulation - RCT Duplicate - We debate recent JAMA Paper

May 17, 2023 23:26 - 1 hour - 103 MB

Mike Putman, Todd C. Lee, John Mandrola and I debate the recent JAMA paper on RCT Duplicate. This is a spirited round table discussion on the limitations of observational data. If you are reading this, leave a comment as a review!

Myeloma Roundtable - Manni M. Raj C. VP discuss controversies

May 13, 2023 20:45 - 1 hour - 111 MB

Early treatment of myeloma, dual vs. single maintenance, and finally transplant or no transplant.

Mammographic Screening : A complete review of the evidence

May 11, 2023 03:23 - 37 minutes - 50.9 MB

Why the USPSTF is wrong

The Crushing, Cruel Cost of Cancer Drugs - My Lecture

April 29, 2023 23:53 - 30 minutes - 42.1 MB

Cost of Cancer drugs - VP's lecture

Sensible Med Crossover - Cifu/ Mandrola/ Prasad & Wallensky

April 24, 2023 04:45 - 1 hour - 115 MB

I combine two latest tracks on interpreting medical studies, medical boards, 7 doses of vaccine, and finally Walensky. Stay tuned.

Cochrane Mask Debates - Jefferson/ Heneghan/ Prasad

April 15, 2023 00:50 - 1 hour - 107 MB

We explore the fight btw NYTimes, Cochrane, and the last people keeping EBM alive

Zeb Jamrozik - Vaccine errors/ Sweden/ Equipoise & Science itself

April 12, 2023 04:19 - 1 hour - 100 MB

Zeb joins me for the 7th time to discuss all the key pandemic questions

Harvard-MIT Center for Reg. Science Lecture (4-4-23) - Dubious FDA drug Approvals

April 05, 2023 03:52 - 57 minutes - 79.2 MB

My lecture to Harvard regulatory science

5.47 - Real World Evidence - Keynote Lecture in Denmark

March 26, 2023 08:25 - 48 minutes - 89.4 MB

VP goes to Denmark to give the keynote at the Danish medical association conference

5.46 - What is Science: reflections on the field

March 10, 2023 04:21 - 29 minutes - 40.8 MB

What is science?

5.45 - Bar Karmma - Karmma 3 | Idacel vs 'standard care

March 07, 2023 05:20 - 1 hour - 154 MB

Karmma 3 discussion; then Sensible Medicine on Long COVID, 4th year fellowships and more; Then my breakdown of FDA's NEJM Letter to the Editor

More basics on randomized controlled trials - Part 2

March 02, 2023 22:07 - 42 minutes - 58.6 MB

I get into endpoints, surrogates, validation, blinding, crossover, and control arms.

RCT 101 And Papa Heme

February 28, 2023 01:40 - 1 hour - 96.7 MB

I talk RCTs 101; KM Plots; Blinding: 2:1 randomization: Concealment and more. Then Papa Heme Tells you How to Find your First Job

Tom Newman And VP Discuss Public Health

February 22, 2023 01:44 - 56 minutes - 78 MB

Dr. Tom Newman UCSF Emeritus Professor & Superb teacher discusses VP's recent Public Health Videos. The two don't fully agree, but the discussion is worth your time.

5.41 - Michael Putman MCW debates me on recent policy Qs

February 16, 2023 22:46 - 1 hour - 92.6 MB

Mike Putman, asst prof. EBM Rhematologist debates me on value of boosters, observational studies and more.

Sensible Med Superbowl Plenary Session Crossover

February 13, 2023 16:15 - 53 minutes - 73.8 MB

A new podcast feed called Sensible Medicine is up; here is a sample of what we have to offer

5.39 - Sotorasib and Codebreak 200

February 10, 2023 01:40 - 44 minutes - 61.7 MB

I destroy the trial. Bad control arm. Informative Censoring. No OS gain. Authors DOWNPOWERED TRIAL. Fishy PFS. Fishy HRQoL. This trial should be in trash can.

Myeloma Twitter Just Makes Things Up - Lessons for All Oncologists & Expertise

January 22, 2023 19:31 - 42 minutes - 57.9 MB

I annotate an online case discussion; Every decision is not based in evidence. Madness

5.37 - Keynote Lecture on Physician Burnout

January 15, 2023 22:43 - 40 minutes - 73.5 MB

This lecture on Burnout will not be like any other you have heard

5.36 - ASH UPDATE #4 - GEM CESAR

December 30, 2022 02:30 - 22 minutes - 30.3 MB

I break down the GEM CESAR trial K, R, D, Pom, Dara, Dex, R, and Auto and all before you actually have cancer What a crazy trial!

5.35 - ASH Update #3 - the Ascent Trial

December 29, 2022 00:21 - 19 minutes - 26.4 MB

This uncontrolled trial of Dara-KRD claims to be looking for cure; Unfortunately, the PI has not thought through what that would look like, and accordingly all the claims are incorrect. Moreover the primary endpt is negative. Sad day for oncology

5.34 - ASH Update #2 - ALPINE - Zanibrutinib vs Ibrutinib - Deconstructed

December 24, 2022 23:55 - 21 minutes - 29.7 MB

Sample size games, primary endpoint, head to head trials in oncology Rate this podcast on itunes Coming next is Triangle trial

5.33 USC Grand Rounds Hematology

December 23, 2022 21:30 - 47 minutes - 65.9 MB

Grand rounds on heme and heme malignancies given 12/16 at University of Southern California (some parts removed) More ASH coming soon

5.32 - ASH Update #1 - Talquetamab NEJM

December 11, 2022 19:39 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MB

Is it acceptable to take someone with myeloma who has gotten just 2 regimens and put them on a phase 1? VP says hell no.

5.31 - MUST LISTEN Grand Rounds - COVID19 Updates

December 08, 2022 18:59 - 55 minutes - 50.1 MB

In this lecture given December 7, 2022, I cover 5 things: Vaccines Masking Long COVID Schools/Immunity Debt Paxlovid

5.30 Rajkumar vs Goodman; Long COVID vs Long URI

December 03, 2022 20:19 - 40 minutes - 74.3 MB

Should we treat smoldering MM, a debate Long COVID vs Long URI Review the show; Say Hi at ASH22

5.29 Smart Start is a useless Lymphoma study

November 27, 2022 01:13 - 49 minutes - 91.3 MB

Smart Start is a useless lymphoma study; We have to stop putting our careers ahead of patients. In the second part, I discuss the 'experts' featured on STAT. Wowzers. I will be at ask. Hit me up: [email protected]

Guests

Mark Lewis
1 Episode

Twitter Mentions

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