Improving Cancer Care for Patients in the Carceral System
Release Date: 05/18/2026
Improving Cancer Care for Patients in the Carceral System
JCO Oncology Practice Podcast
Dr. Chino welcomes Dr. Christopher Manz, a medical oncologist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, to discuss new research highlighting care gaps for those receiving care while in prison. Dr. Manz investigates cancer care delivery and payment policy and how they contribute to disparities in cancer outcomes, and is the first author of the manuscript, “” which is featured in JCO OP’s May print issue.
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Cannabis Use in Survivors
JCO Oncology Practice Podcast
Dr. Chino welcomes Dr. Timothy Pawlik and patient advocate Joey Tan discuss new research highlighting national data regarding cannabis use in cancer survivors. Dr. Pawlik is the senior author of the manuscript, “” which is featured in JCO OP’s April print issue.
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Diversity in Clinical Trial Enrollment in Key Oncology Trials: Are We There Yet?
JCO Oncology Practice Podcast
Dr. Chino welcomes Dr. Jennifer Miller and breast cancer survivor Megan-Claire Chase to discuss Dr. Miller's recent OP article, "," highlighting new research about how we are doing with diversity in key cancer clinical trials TRANSCRIPT Dr. Fumiko Chino: Hello and welcome to Put into Practice, the podcast for the JCO Oncology Practice. I'm Dr. Fumiko Chino, an associate professor in Radiation Oncology at MD Anderson Cancer Center with a research focus on access, affordability, and equity. There are known problems in enrolling a representative sample on cancer clinical trials, with stark...
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Medicare Advantage for People with Blood Cancers: Friend or Foe?
JCO Oncology Practice Podcast
Dr. Chino welcomes Hari Raman, MD, MBA, author of “,” to discuss new research highlighting how insurance type may affect receipt of quality end-of-life care for patients with blood cancers. TRANSCRIPT Dr. Fumiko Chino: Hello, and welcome to Put into Practice, the podcast for the JCO Oncology Practice. I am Dr. Fumiko Chino, an associate professor in radiation oncology at MD Anderson Cancer Center with a research focus on access, affordability, and equity. People with blood cancers may have prolonged clinical courses lasting years or decades and requiring specialty care. Prior research...
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Understaffed and Overbooked: The Problems with Maintaining Specialty Care in Rural Areas
JCO Oncology Practice Podcast
Dr. Chino welcomes Dr. Erika Moen and Dr. Dan Zuckerman to discuss new research highlighting how specialist scarcity is felt by oncologists practicing in rural environments. Dr. Moen is the first author on “” which is featured in JCO OP’s January 2026 issue. TRANSCRIPT Dr. Fumiko Chino: Hello, and welcome to Put Into Practice, the podcast for the JCO Oncology Practice. I'm Dr. Fumiko Chino, an Associate Professor in Radiation Oncology at MD Anderson Cancer Center, with a research focus on access, affordability, and equity. Rural oncology care has many challenges, including travel...
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Patient-Centered Head and Neck Cancer Survivorship
JCO Oncology Practice Podcast
Dr. Chino talks with Dr. Talya Salz, the first author of the JCO OP manuscript “” which was published earlier this year simultaneous to the ASCO Quality Care Symposium. Jeff White, the Director of PR and Strategic Communications for the American Society for Radiation Oncology, also joins the conversation to provide the patient advocate perspective. TRANSCRIPT Dr. Fumiko Chino: Hello, and welcome to Put into Practice, the podcast for the JCO Oncology Practice. I’m Dr. Fumiko Chino, an Associate Professor in Radiation Oncology at MD Anderson Cancer Center with a research focus on...
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Improving CAR-T Access
JCO Oncology Practice Podcast
Dr. Chino talks with Dr. Navneet Majhail and patient advocate Laurie Adami about CAR-T therapy, an advance cancer treatment that biologically engineers a patient's own T-cells to recognize and kill cancer cells. This discussion will be based off the JCO OP article, “,” on which Dr. Majhail served as lead author. TRANSCRIPT Dr. Fumiko Chino: Hello, and welcome to Put into Practice, the podcast for the JCO Oncology Practice. I'm Dr. Fumiko Chino, an associate professor in radiation oncology at MD Anderson Cancer Center with a research focus on access, affordability, and equity. CAR...
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A Podcast About Podcasts: Podcasts as Educational Tools for Providers (and Patients)
JCO Oncology Practice Podcast
Dr. Chino welcomes Dr. Vivek Patel and Dr. Eleonora Teplinsky to discuss a recent article in JCO OP that reported a podcast-based curriculum could improve knowledge and comfort with common education topics for oncology fellows. TRANSCRIPT Dr. Fumiko Chino: Hello, and welcome to Put Into Practice, the podcast for JCO Oncology Practice. I am Dr. Fumiko Chino, an assistant professor in Radiation Oncology at MD Anderson Cancer Center with a research focus on access, affordability, and equity. There are over 450 million podcasts available today, and online audio consumption continues to rise...
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Advance Care Planning: How Can We Improve Access and Uptake?
JCO Oncology Practice Podcast
Dr. Chino welcomes Dr. Yael Schenker to discuss a new clinical trial testing the best way of engaging patients with Advance Care Planning (ACP), the process of understanding personal values, life goals, and medical care preferences so that patient wishes are honored at end-of-life. TRANSCRIPT Dr. Fumiko Chino: Hello, and welcome to Put Into Practice, the podcast for the JCO Oncology Practice. I am Dr. Fumiko Chino, an Associate Professor in Radiation Oncology at MD Anderson Cancer Center with a research focus on access, affordability, and equity. Care delivery goals for the critically ill,...
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2025 ASCO Quality: Creating a Statewide Cancer Drug Repository Network to Improve Access and Affordability
JCO Oncology Practice Podcast
Dr. Chino welcomes Dr. Emily Mackler, PharmD, BCOP, the Co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of the YesRx program and an Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Michigan. The YesRx program has saved patients in Michigan more than 17 million dollars in the past 2 years. Dr. Mackler's article, "," presented at the ASCO Quality Care Symposium. TRANSCRIPT Dr. Fumiko Chino: Hello and welcome to Put into Practice, the podcast for the JCO Oncology Practice. I'm Dr. Fumiko Chino, an Associate Professor in Radiation Oncology at MD Anderson Cancer Center with a research focus on...
info_outlineDr. Chino welcomes Dr. Christopher Manz, a medical oncologist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, to discuss new research highlighting care gaps for those receiving care while in prison. Dr. Manz investigates cancer care delivery and payment policy and how they contribute to disparities in cancer outcomes, and is the first author of the manuscript, “Cancer Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment for Vulnerable Patients Incarcerated in United States Prisons” which is featured in JCO OP’s May print issue.