Hedvig Hricak and Zachary Ward on Cancer workforce—a global crisis: a Lancet Oncology Commission

About this episode

The episode discusses the global crisis in the cancer workforce with insights from experts in the field.

Jamie Prowse, Senior Editor at The Lancet Oncology, is joined by Dr Hedvig Hricak (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA) and Dr Zachary Ward (Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA) to discuss Cancer workforce—a global crisis: a Lancet Oncology Commission. To discover more about the commission click here: www.thelancet.com/commissions-do/cancer-workforce. To read the full commission click here: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(26)00065-3

People in this episode

Host: Jamie Prowse

Guests: Dr Hedvig Hricak, Dr Zachary Ward

Topics covered

• cancer workforce
• global health crisis
• oncology
• public health
• commission report

Keywords

• cancer workforce
• global crisis
• oncology commission
• public health
• healthcare workforce

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, The Lancet Oncology, Lancet Oncology Commission

Places: New York, NY, USA, Boston, MA, USA

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