The Bigger Picture
A cancer diagnosis can be a worrying time and we want to help you through that diagnosis and beyond. What is it like having a scan? What research is going on to make cancer diagnosis better? How can we improve patients' experience of cancer diagnosis? Can we develop better treatments? Researchers from the School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences at King's College London will help you see the bigger picture by talking about their exciting research while patients who have gone through cancer diagnosis and treatment talk about their experiences of having scans and therapy. Through talking together we can find better ways to diagnose and treat cancer, improve patients' experience of cancer diagnosis and keep you up to date with exciting developments in the field of cancer diagnosis and therapy. The podcast is funded by a grant from the Public Engagement fund in the Centre for Medical Engineering at King's College London.
Podcasting since 2025 • 9 episodes
The Bigger Picture
Latest Episodes
The Bigger Picture on Living with Prostate Cancer
John had lots of helpful information to share with Maggie about breaking bad news to patients, the support that is available to patients and he explains about the Nuclear Medicine scans that he has had to check that his bones are clear of cance...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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The Bigger Picture on Predicting the Outcome of Chemotherapy
Maggie spoke with Dr Tim Witney who is pioneering a new radiopharmaceutical which he hopes will be able to predict, very early in a patient's treatment, whether their chemotherapy is going to work. This podcast series was produced i...
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Episode 8
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The Bigger Picture on Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour (GIST)
Maggie spoke to Chris about his experience with gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST), how he found out that he had this rare type of cancer and the treatment he has had since. This podcast series was produced in 2021 by Maggie Coo...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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33:12
The Bigger Picture on Lobular Breast Cancer
Maggie spoke to Darlaine about her experience with a less common type of breast cancer called Lobular Breast Cancer. It really is quite different from normal breast cancer and is more difficult to diagnose and manage. Maggie also spoke to Dr Ge...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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48:14
The Bigger Picture on Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Did you ever wonder whether different types of radioactivity might be better at treating different types of cancer? In this episode, Maggie talks to Dr Sam Terry who is working on radiation biology and she explains what the radioactivity is doi...
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Episode 5
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