{"podcast":{"title":"Practical Neurology Podcast","slug":"practical-neurology-podcast-320148","podcast_index_feed_id":320148,"rss_url":"http://feeds.bmj.com/pn/podcasts","website_url":"https://pnbmj.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/16464543/Practical_Neurology.jpg","author":"BMJ Group","episode_count":126,"summary":"The Practical Neurology Podcast is the essential guide for the everyday life of all neurologists. Just like our journal Practical Neurology, this podcast is useful for everyone who sees neurological patients and who wants to keep up-to-date and safe in managing them. In other words, this is a podcast for jobbing neurologists who plough through the tension headaches and funny turns week in and week out. Subscribe to enjoy deep dives into each journal issue with editors Prof. Philip Smith and Dr. Geraint Fuller, discussions on recent case reports with Prof. Martin Turner, and Editor’s Choice article discussions between authors and Dr. Amy Ross Russell. Practical Neurology - pn.bmj.com - is included as part of a subscription to JNNP and provided in print to all members of the Association of British Neurologists. * The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute medical advice and it is not intended to function as a substitute for a healthcare practitioner’s judgement, patient care or treatment. The views expressed by contributors are those of the speakers. BMJ does not endorse any views or recommendations discussed or expressed…","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/practical-neurology-podcast-320148"},"episode":{"title":"How do new cancer drugs affect our brains? A practical guide to immune checkpoint inhibitors","slug":"how-do-new-cancer-drugs-affect-our-brains-a-practical-guide-to-immune-checkpoint-inhibitors","published_at":"2025-04-17T07:10:30+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/practical-neurology-podcast-320148/how-do-new-cancer-drugs-affect-our-brains-a-practical-guide-to-immune-checkpoint-inhibitors","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/practical-neurology-podcast-320148","url":"https://pnbmj.podbean.com/e/neurological-complications-of-immune-checkpoint-inhibitors-a-practical-guide/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ziczwdmw33rhavbg/pn_110425_checkpoint_inhibitors.mp3","summary":"Immune checkpoint inhibitors can significantly improve cancer survival rates. But resulting immune-related toxicities are common, requiring multidisciplinary cooperation between oncology and neurology. This episode, PN's podcast editor Dr. Amy Ross Russell speaks with a panel of experts on the balancing act required when treating cancer patients with these new drugs. Oncologist Dr. Heather Shaw¹ is alongside neurologists Dr. Aisling Carr² and Dr. Mark Willis³, and they are amongst the authors of the editors' choice paper for the latest issue of Practical Neurology. Read the paper: Neurological complications of immune checkpoint inhibitors: a practical guide (1) Department of Oncology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, London, UK(2) Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK(3) Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK Please subscribe to the Practical Neurology podcast on your favourite platform to get the latest podcast every month. If you enjoy our podcast, you can leave us a review or a comment on Apple Podcasts (https://apple.co/3vVPClm) or Spotify (https://spoti.fi/4baxjsQ). We'd love to hear your feedback on social media - @PracticalNeurol. Production by Letícia Amorim, Brian Kennedy, Amy Ross Russell and Brian O'Toole. Editing by Brian O'Toole. Thank you for listening.","meta_description":"Immune checkpoint inhibitors can significantly improve cancer survival rates. But resulting immune-related toxicities are common, requiring multidisciplin…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3461,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/practical-neurology-podcast-320148/episodes/how-do-new-cancer-drugs-affect-our-brains-a-practical-guide-to-immune-checkpoint-inhibitors/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/practical-neurology-podcast-320148/how-do-new-cancer-drugs-affect-our-brains-a-practical-guide-to-immune-checkpoint-inhibitors.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}