Meeting Mic

While annual major scientific meetings are the venue to stay up-to-date in your clinical area, it is near impossible to attend all breaking news sessions. Through interviews with experts, Healio's Meeting Mic provides a post-meeting wrap-up of the most important content that listeners can consume on-the-go.

  1. Breast cancer highlights from ASCO 2026

    2 days ago

    Breast cancer highlights from ASCO 2026

    In this episode of Meeting Mic, we bring you pearls and perspectives in breast cancer from ASCO Annual Meeting. In an interview, Jame Abraham, MD, discusses the DESTINY-Breast05 study, as well as clinical and demographic risk factors for interstitial lung disease and radiation pneumonitis. Next, Shimoli Barot, MD, discusses results from the phase 3 lidERA BC clinical trial of premenopausal vs. postmenopausal women with breast cancer. Sara A. Hurvitz, MD, FACP, provides an overview of the ASCENT-03 study of a subset of women with triple-negative breast cancer. And, Sherry Shen, MD, talks about a presentation on mutational signatures and related outcomes in metastatic invasive lobular carcinoma. Read the full coverage here: VIDEO: Clinicians 'should continue to pay attention' to T-DXd side effects in breast cancer Untch M, et al. Abstract 516. Presented at: ASCO Annual Meeting; May 29-June 2, 2016; Chicago. VIDEO: Giredestrant improves breast cancer survival, regardless of menopause status Healio Interviews VIDEO: Sacituzumab govitecan delays subsequent therapy in breast cancer subset Hurvitz SA. Abstract 1001. Presented at: ASCO Annual Meeting; May 29-June 2, 2026; Chicago. VIDEO: Survival in metastatic invasive lobular carcinoma differs by mutational signature Shen S, et al. Abstract 1141. Presented at: ASCO Annual Meeting; May 29-June 2, 2026; Chicago. 'Reassuring': Omitting full axillary dissection does not worsen survival in breast cancer De Boniface J, et al. Abstract LBA503. Presented at: ASCO Annual Meeting; May 29-June 2, 2026; Chicago. Abraham reports research funding from AstraZeneca/Daiichi Sankyo and Pfizer. Barot and Shen report no relevant financial disclosures. Hurvitz reports research funding from AstraZeneca/Daiichi Sankyo, Novartis and Stemline Therapeutics; and advisory or consulting roles with Akari Therapeutics, ALX Oncology, Bayer, BeOne Medicines, Blueprint Medicines, Boundless Bio, BriaCell, BridgeBio Pharma, Bristol Myers Squibb, Daiichi Sankyo, Eli Lilly Oncology, Ellipses Pharma, EMBioSys, Gilead Sciences, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Luminate Medical, Mersana Therapeutics, Myricx Bio, Prelude Therapeutics and Roche.

    16 min
  2. Metastatic breast cancer highlights from ASCO 2026

    29 June

    Metastatic breast cancer highlights from ASCO 2026

    In this episode of Meeting Mic, we bring you pearls and perspectives in metastatic breast cancer from the American Society of Clinical Oncology 2026. In an interview, Shimoli Barot, MD, discusses a genomic test which could be used to identify patients with ER-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer who may be able to avoid chemotherapy. Next, Erika P. Hamilton, MD, discusses the HER2-CLIMB05 trial for patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer. And, Sherry Shen, MD, discusses lifestyle and survivorship for patients with breast cancer, specifically with GLP-1 use. Read the full coverage here: VIDEO: Genetic test helps identify patients with breast cancer who may avoid chemotherapy Source: Healio Interviews VIDEO: Tucatinib plus trastuzumab, pertuzumab safe for HER2-positive breast cancer Source: Hamilton EP. Abstract 1005. Presented at: ASCO Annual Meeting; May 29-June 2, 2026; Chicago. VIDEO: Less weight loss, improved survival for GLP-1 use in women with breast cancer Source: Shen S. Optimizing breast cancer survivorship: Addressing lifestyle, weight management, and psychological health. Presented at: ASCO Annual Meeting; May 29-June 2, 2026; Chicago. 'Critically important': Upfront sacituzumab govitecan combo benefits breast cancer subset Source: Kalinsky K, et al. Abstract LBA1000. Presented at: ASCO Annual Meeting; May 29-June 2, 2026; Chicago. 'Real value': Remote program significantly improves physical function in breast cancer Source: Ligibel JA, et al. Abstract 12010. Presented at: ASCO Annual Meeting; May 29-June 2, 2026; Chicago. Barot and Shen report no relevant financial disclosures. Hamilton reports receiving research funding from Abbvie, Accutar Biotechnology, Artios, Arvinas, AstraZeneca, AtlasMedx, BeiGene, BeOne Medicines, Bicycle Therapeutics, Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, BioNTech, Compugen, Cullinan, Daiichi Sankyo, Dantari, Day One Biopharmaceuticals, Duality Biologics, Ellipses Pharma, Elucida Oncology, Exelixis, FujiFilm, Genmab, Gilead Sciences, H3 Biomedicine, Iambic Therapeutics, Immunogen, Inspirna, InventisBio, Jacobio, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, K-Group Beta, Kind Pharmaceuticals, Lilly, Loxo Oncology, Mabspace Biosciences, Mabwell Bioscience, Marengo Therapeutics, MediLink Therapeutics, Merck, Mersana, Novartis, Olema, Orinove, Orum Therapeutics, Pfizer, Pionyr Immunotherapeutics, Prelude Therapeutics, Profound Bio, Regeneron, Relay Therapeutics, Rgenix, Roche/Genentech, SeaGen, Shattuck Labs, Simcha Therapeutics, Stemline Therapeutics, Sutro, Systimmune, Taiho, Tesaro, TheRas, Treadwell Therapeutics, Verastem, Xadcera Biopharmaceutical and Zymeworks; and consulted or advised for ADC Therapeutics, Arvinas, AstraZeneca, BeOne Medicines, BicycleTx, BioNTech, Boehringer Ingelheim, Boundless Bio, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Daiichi Sankyo, Gilead Sciences, Halda Therapeutics, Hexagon Bio, Immunome, Incyclix Bio, Janssen, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Lilly, Merck, Mersana Therapeutics, Novartis, Pfizer, Precede Biosciences, Pyxis Oncology, Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Roche/Genentech, Samsung Bioepis, Shorla Pharma and Stemline Therapeutics.

    14 min
  3. 1 June

    Highlights from ARVO 2026

    In this episode of Meeting Mic, we bring you pearls and perspectives from the Association of Vision and Research in Ophthalmology 2026. Jason Greenfield, MD, MBA, Alon Harris, MS, PhD, FARVO, and Yash Lahoti spoke with Healio about their study, which was designed to look at some of the unknown risk factors for glaucoma. 00:37 Next, Michael Zhu, a medical student at Duke University School of Medicine, told Healio about his presentation about retina imaging and how it may reveal links to Parkinson's disease. 06:12 And, Iris Fang-Yu Hu, MD, discusses her presentation on how using visual prompts helped improve glaucoma detection by a large language model. 08:35 Top headlines from the meetings. 09:31 Read the full coverage here: Glaucoma, hypertension may be linked to dementia risk Source: Greenfield J, et al. Artificial intelligence ready and exploratory atlas for diabetes insights: The association between glaucoma, hypertension, and cognitive performance. Presented at: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology meeting; May 3-7, 2026; Denver. Imaging reveals link between inner nuclear layer thickness, Parkinson's disease Source: Zhu M, et al. Macular retinal layer thickness in early Parkinson's disease. Presented at: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology meeting; May 3-7, 2026; Denver. Reference images help AI model detect glaucoma Source: Hu I, et al. Providing reference images to LLMs improves glaucoma detection from fundus photos. Presented at: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology meeting; May 3-7, 2026; Denver. Smoking may be modifiable risk factor for myopia-related vision loss Source: Flitcroft I, et al. Smoke gets in your eyes: Evidence that smoking is the first modifiable risk factor for myopia-related vision impairment. Presented at: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology meeting; May 3-7, 2026; Denver. Thyroid eye disease shows long-term progression in real-world dataset Source: Ramesh S, et al. Disease progression in thyroid eye disease: Findings from a large real-world study in the United States. Presented at: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology meeting; May 3-7, 2026; Denver.

    14 min

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While annual major scientific meetings are the venue to stay up-to-date in your clinical area, it is near impossible to attend all breaking news sessions. Through interviews with experts, Healio's Meeting Mic provides a post-meeting wrap-up of the most important content that listeners can consume on-the-go.

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