Within Reach is a podcast about the urgent, human realities of cancer care, and the millions of people still struggling to access the treatment they need. Hosted by Avalere Health’s Evan Young, the podcast brings together voices from across oncology to unpack the complex issues shaping patient outcomes today—from keeping up with the pace of innovation and the complexities of rural healthcare access to breaking stigmas around taboo cancers. Through candid conversations with industry experts and Avalere Health’s in-house oncology specialists, Within Reach examines what it will take to ensure that every patient gets the care they need.
Find out more at withinreach.avalerehealth.com, or contact us at withinreach@avalerehealth.com.
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Avalere Health
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health & fitness · health & fitness · society & culture
Across 8 insightful episodes and dozens of remarkable contributors, we've explored some of the most powerful stories and statistics which expose the greatest flaws in oncology care right now - and the greatest opportunities yet to be seized. Thank you from all of us at Avalere Health for joining us on this journey; stay tuned for more from us on the Within Reach project and beyond. As we sign off for the end of Season One of the Within Reach podcast, we're left with a pertinent reminder...
2 Sept 2026
Breaking the cycle of recurrence in bladder cancer: a conversation with Elsie Mensah and Duncan West
In this episode of Within Reach, host Evan Young sits down with Elsie Mensah and Duncan West to explore how we can finally move from “recurrence as inevitability” to “recurrence as a preventable failure of the system.” 🔗 Connect with us Elsie Mensah https://www.linkedin.com/in/elsie-mensah-a558231b8/ Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust https://www.linkedin.com/company/guys-and-st-thomas-nhs-foundation-trust/ Duncan West https://www.linkedin.com/in/duncan-west-7b147216/ Within Reach: ht...
19 Aug 2026
Challenging stigma in taboo cancers: a conversation with Pip Humphry and Rebecca Porta
In this episode of Within Reach, Evan Young sits down with Pip Humphry and Rebecca Porta to confront oncology’s most stigmatised and least-discussed diagnoses. Together, they unpack how taboo, delayed diagnosis, and fragmented pathways quietly cost lives, and how we move beyond the stigma through knowledge and action. 🔗 Connect with us Pip Humphry: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philippa-humphry-7884453b/ Rebecca Porta: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-porta-02484255/ The Urology Foundation: ...
5 Aug 2026
Evaluating the role of storytelling and storylistening in oncology care: a conversation with Finn Crowley, Ariel Siegel, and TJ Cimfel
In this episode of Within Reach, early-career oncologists Ariel Siegel, MD, and Fionnuala Cowley, MD, join healthcare storyteller TJ Cimfel to explore how narrative reshapes cancer care, from first diagnosis through palliative support. We unpack where human empathy and AI-powered insight can coexist, and what it will take for the next generation of oncologists to keep guiding every patient’s story. Views expressed are those of the individual guests and do not represent Mount Sinai...
15 Jul 2026
Fighting for the survival of community care in oncology: a conversation with Ted Okon and Maddi Davidson
Most cancer patients don’t realize that where they receive treatment can be just as consequential as what treatment they receive. In this week’s ‘Within Reach’ episode, Evan Young is joined by Ted Okon from the Community Oncology Alliance to pull back the curtain on the quiet power of community oncology, where care is often closer to home, more affordable, and just as high quality as the big brands. Alongside Avalere Health’s Maddi Davidson, we unpack how hospital consolidation an...
1 Jul 2026
Closing the rural cancer care gap: a conversation with Wade Swenson and Ryan Taggart
Cancer mortality is falling across the U.S., but for too many patients in rural communities, the gap is actually widening - not just metaphorically speaking, but physically, too. Barriers include 75‑mile drives for chemotherapy, critical access hospitals with limited resources, and patients navigating cancer while also facing food insecurity and broadband deserts. In this episode of Within Reach, rural oncologist Dr. Wade Swenson joins Ryan Taggart and host Evan Young to explore how telehealt...
17 Jun 2026
Realizing the promise of precision oncology: a conversation with Andrea Stevens and Clare Jones
When we talk about precision oncology, we usually talk about breakthroughs. But behind every advancement in targeted therapies and genomic profiling lies a quieter reality: Most patients in the world still can’t reliably access the tests that unlock these headline treatments. This week on Within Reach, Clare Jones and Andrea Stevens expose the real bottlenecks - cost and reimbursement, fragmented infrastructure, uneven education, and policy blind spots - and explain why single-gene test...
3 Jun 2026
Keeping up with the pace of innovation in oncology: a conversation with Amy Pierre and Jahda Hill
The pace of treatment innovation in oncology is nothing short of breakneck. But the downsides of innovation are real: HCP burnout, decision fatigue, workforce attrition, and more. How can healthcare providers realistically keep up? Evan sits down with Amy Pierre from Flatiron Health, and Jahda Hill from Avalere Health, to work through the issues of innovation and information—told against the backdrop of Janet Kerrigan’s story of how a series of treatment advances in multiple myeloma helped he...
20 May 2026
Fighting for care and representation in clinical trials: a conversation with Ricki Fairley and Nirzari Parikh
Why do people of color experience worse outcomes in cancer? How can they be better represented in clinical trials? Evan sits down with Ricki Fairley of TOUCH, The Black Breast Cancer Alliance, and Nirzari Parikh from Avalere Health, to work through the issues of health literacy, trial design, patient “fear of the sugar pill,” increasing patient self-advocacy, and more—told against the backdrop of LaToya Bolds Johnson’s story of fight and survival with stage 3C triple-negative ductal carcinoma...
8 May 2026
Welcome to Within Reach
If you distil the fundamental idea of health care down to its purest, most unadulterated form, the essence of it just seems so simple. When someone is sick, they should get the care that they need. But there's a heartbreaking reality to healthcare, and cancer in particular. The messy and upsetting truth is that the number of people who can get the best care — if we can even agree on what that means, which we can't — is fractional. Untold numbers of people can't even get decent care, and milli...
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