The award-winning podcast JCO Cancer Stories: The Art of Oncology invites you on an intimate journey with heartfelt narratives, poignant reflections, and thoughtful dialogues. Hosted by Dr. Mikkael Sekeres, the podcast explores the hidden emotions, intense experiences, and resilient strength of clinicians, caregivers, and those living with cancer. This podcast is essential for nourishing the "art" behind the science of oncology.

Cancer Stories: The Art of Oncology
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The award-winning podcast JCO Cancer Stories: The Art of Oncology invites you on an intimate journey with heartfelt narratives, poignant reflections, and thoughtful dialogues. Hosted by Dr. Mikkael Sekeres, the podcast explores the hidden emotions, intense experiences, and resilient strength of clinicians, caregivers, and those living with cancer. This podcast is essential for nourishing the "art" behind the science of oncology.
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Recent Episodes

June 23, 2026
The Small Cemetery Within: The Patients We Carry With Us Long After They're Gone
<p>Listen to JCO's Art of Oncology article, "<a href= "doi/10.1200/JCO-26-00027" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Small Cemetery Within</a>" by Dr. Hakan Onder, who is a Medical Oncologist at University of Health Sciences Antalya Training and Research Hospital. The article is followed by an interview with Onder and host Dr. Mikkael Sekeres. Dr Onder reflects on the unseen emotional burden carried within oncology, where each clinical encounter leaves a lasting imprint beyond measurable outcomes.</p> <p><a href= "https://ascopubs.org/do/small-cemetery-within-patients-we-carry-us-long-after-they-re-gone" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>LINK TO FULL TRANSCRIPT</strong></a></p>

June 9, 2026
A Shopping List: When the Grocery Store Aisles Unite a Patient and Her Doctor
<p>Listen to JCO's Art of Oncology article, "<a href= "https://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JCO-25-02965" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A Shopping List</a>" by Dr. Michael Krasovitsky, who is a medical oncologist at St. Vincent's Hospital in Sydney, Australia and senior lecturer at the University of New South Wales. The article is followed by an interview with Krasovitsky and host Dr. Mikkael Sekeres. Dr. Krasovitsky shares a story of nourishment, serendipity and the unexpected bonds that connect oncologists with patients.</p> <p><a href= "https://ascopubs.org/do/shopping-list-grocery-store-aisles-unite-patient-and-her-doctor" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>LINK TO FULL TRANSCRIPT</strong></a></p>

May 26, 2026
Indistinguishable from Magic: When Fantasy and Science Fiction Meet the Science of Medicine
<p>Listen to JCO's Art of Oncology article, "<a href= "https://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JCO-25-02492" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Indistinguishable from Magic</a>" by Dr. Michael Slade, who is a medical oncologist at Washington University School of Medicine. The article is followed by an interview with Slade and host Dr. Mikkael Sekeres. Dr Slade shares the challenges of day-to-day clinical practice in oncology through the lens of speculative fiction and how we struggle, as physicians and as patients, to tell the difference between what we know and what we can only hope for.</p> <p><a href= "ascopubs.org/do/indistinguishable-magic-fantasy-and-science-fiction-meet-science-medicine" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>LINK TO FULL TRANSCRIPT</strong></a></p>
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