Science is winning the war on cancer
Posted: 23 Mar 2026, 02:36
A better understanding of how cancer develops in human cells is leading to new ways to prevent it. The rates of deaths from cancer have fallen dramatically in recent decades. And the good news doesn’t stop there. By teasing out the reasons why some cancers take hold, while others don’t, scientists are opening up new ways to prevent even more cases of the disease.
Guests and hosts: The rates of deaths from cancer have fallen dramatically in recent decades. And the good news doesn’t stop there. By teasing out the reasons why some cancers take hold, while others don’t, scientists are opening up new ways to prevent even more cases of the disease.
Guests and hosts: https://www.economist.com/podcasts/2026 ... -on-cancer
- Slavea Chankova, The Economist’s health-care correspondent
- Joanna Fowler, senior staff scientist at the Wellcome Sanger Institute
- Phil Jones, an oncologist at the University of Cambridge and the Wellcome Sanger Institute
- Alok Jha, host of “Babbage”
Topics covered:
- Cancer research
- Tumour prevention
- Carcinogens https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s ... 0751565604
Guests and hosts: The rates of deaths from cancer have fallen dramatically in recent decades. And the good news doesn’t stop there. By teasing out the reasons why some cancers take hold, while others don’t, scientists are opening up new ways to prevent even more cases of the disease.
Guests and hosts: https://www.economist.com/podcasts/2026 ... -on-cancer
- Slavea Chankova, The Economist’s health-care correspondent
- Joanna Fowler, senior staff scientist at the Wellcome Sanger Institute
- Phil Jones, an oncologist at the University of Cambridge and the Wellcome Sanger Institute
- Alok Jha, host of “Babbage”
Topics covered:
- Cancer research
- Tumour prevention
- Carcinogens https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s ... 0751565604