Welcome to Plenary Session.

I'm your host, Dr. Vinay Prasad.

I'm a practicing hematologist oncologist and I'm associate professor of medicine.

I'm interested in issues at the intersection of medicine, oncology, and health policy,

and that's what you're going to get on this podcast.

Welcome to Season 2.

This week on Plenary Session, we have a few things in store for you.

I've got a couple questions of the week, and then an interview with Dr. Lynn Jansen, who is an

expert on the ethics of early phase clinical trials, patient expectation, and the optimism bias.

You won't want to miss this discussion. This is a far-ranging discussion about the way in which we conduct early-phase clinical trials and the ethical implications for how we can send patients for those studies.

I hope you find it as interesting as I did. Stay tuned.

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