CancerCast
Hosted by Manish Shah and John Leonard MD · Weill Cornell Medicine
4.9from 32 ratings
- 79
- Episodes
- 5
- Transcribed
- 32
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2018
- First episode
- 3M
- YouTube views
About CancerCast
New scientific developments are transforming the future of cancer treatment and care. Hosted by world-renowned medical oncologist Dr. Manish Shah, CancerCast is your window into research breakthroughs, innovative therapies, and honest accounts of living with and beyond cancer.
- Publisher
- Weill Cornell Medicine
- Category
- health & fitness
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 6 Jul 2018
- Latest episode
- 23 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
5 of 79 episodes have a transcript.
23 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
GLP-1s and Cancer: Popular Weight Loss Drugs Go Beyond The Scale
28 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
A Breakthrough in Pancreatic Cancer Treatment – KRAS Targeting and Daraxonrasib
31 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
ASCO 2026 Highlights
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GLP-1s and Cancer: Popular Weight Loss Drugs Go Beyond The Scale
Published 23 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So chronic inflammation is associated with an increase in body weight. We see inflammatory markers are higher. It's because fat cells produce multiple pro-inflammatory hormones. The thing that is so powerful about obesity as a cancer-causing entity is that multiple hormones that can affect the growth of tumors are released by fat cells. So let's look at breast cancer as an example. You get higher estrogen levels when you expand fat mass, you get higher insulin levels, and you get higher levels of pro-inflammatory hormones, PAI1 and others, TNF-alpha. You have inflammation, high hormone levels, and high levels of growth factors like insulin. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on CancerCast
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Louis Aronne
- Shubham Pant
- David Nanus
- Emily Tonorezos
- Pinkal Desai
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 2,959,731
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 30 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 2 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 32 / 100
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- Quality
- 9
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 51
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Who hosts CancerCast?
Manish Shah and John Leonard MD host the show. Published by Weill Cornell Medicine.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does CancerCast take guests?
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