Within Reach

Breaking the cycle of recurrence in bladder cancer: a conversation with Elsie Mensah and Duncan West

Wed, 02 Sep 2026 03:00:00 -0400

In this episode of Within Reach, host Evan Young sits down with Elsie Mensah and Duncan West to explore how we can finally move from the inevitability of recurrence in bladder cancer to a world where innovation and the all-clear are the norm.

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Elsie Mensah

https://www.linkedin.com/in/elsie-mensah-a558231b8/

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

https://www.linkedin.com/company/guys-and-st-thomas-nhs-foundation-trust/

Duncan West

https://www.linkedin.com/in/duncan-west-7b147216/

Within Reach: https://withinreach.avalerehealth.com/

Avalere Health: https://avalerehealth.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/avalerehealth/

Evan Young: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evan-young-sxp/

Challenging stigma in taboo cancers: a conversation with Pip Humphry and Rebecca Porta

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 01:00:00 -0400

In this episode of Within Reach, Evan Young sits down with Pip Humphry and Rebecca Porta to confront oncology’s most stigmatised and least-discussed diagnoses. Together, they unpack how taboo, delayed diagnosis, and fragmented pathways quietly cost lives, and how we move beyond the stigma through knowledge and action.

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Pip Humphry: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philippa-humphry-7884453b/

Rebecca Porta: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-porta-02484255/

The Urology Foundation: https://www.theurologyfoundation.org/

Within Reach: https://withinreach.avalerehealth.com/

Avalere Health: https://avalerehealth.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/avalerehealth/

Evan Young: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evan-young-sxp/

Evaluating the role of storytelling and storylistening in oncology care: a conversation with Finn Crowley, Ariel Siegel, and TJ Cimfel

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 01:00:00 -0400

In this episode of Within Reach, early-career oncologists Ariel Siegel, MD, and Fionnuala Cowley, MD, join healthcare storyteller TJ Cimfel to explore how narrative reshapes cancer care, from first diagnosis through palliative support.

We unpack where human empathy and AI-powered insight can coexist, and what it will take for the next generation of oncologists to keep guiding every patient’s story.

Views expressed are those of the individual guests and do not represent Mount Sinai or Harvard Medical School.

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TJ Cimfel: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tjcimfel/

Fionnuala Crowley: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fionnuala-crowley-987251234/

Within Reach: https://withinreach.avalerehealth.com/

Avalere Health: https://avalerehealth.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/avalerehealth/

Evan Young: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evan-young-sxp/

Fighting for the survival of community care in oncology: a conversation with Ted Okon and Maddi Davidson

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 01:00:00 -0400

Community oncology is quietly carrying most of the nation’s cancer burden, delivering affordable, local, quality care, yet operating under immense financial and policy pressure.

In this episode of Within Reach, Ted Okon and Maddi Davidson join Evan Young to unpack the real economics behind cancer care, from hospital consolidation to the Inflation Reduction Act, and explore what it will take to keep life‑saving treatment within reach for every patient.

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Ted Okon

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ted-okon-2b51476/

Community Oncology Alliance

https://communityoncology.org/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/community-oncology-alliance-washington-dc/

Maddi Davidson

https://www.linkedin.com/in/maddi-davidson/

Within Reach: https://withinreach.avalerehealth.com/

Avalere Health: https://avalerehealth.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/avalerehealth/

Evan Young: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evan-young-sxp/

Closing the rural cancer care gap: a conversation with Wade Swenson and Ryan Taggart

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 01:00:00 -0400

In this episode of Within Reach, rural oncologist Dr. Wade Swenson joins Evan Young and Ryan Taggart to expose the widening cancer mortality gap between rural and urban communities, and what it will actually take to close it.

From 75‑mile drives for chemotherapy to food insecurity, broadband deserts, and decentralised clinical trials, they explore how innovation, policy, and trust can bring truly equitable oncology care to patients far beyond major cancer centres.

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Wade Swenson

https://www.linkedin.com/in/wade-swenson/

Rural Cancer Institute

https://www.linkedin.com/company/ruralcancer-org/

Ryan Taggart

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-taggart-3564959/

Within Reach: https://withinreach.avalerehealth.com/

Avalere Health: https://avalerehealth.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/avalerehealth/

Evan Young: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evan-young-sxp/

Realizing the promise of precision oncology: a conversation with Andrea Stevens and Clare Jones

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 01:00:00 -0400

When we talk about precision oncology, we usually talk about breakthroughs. But behind every advancement in targeted therapies and genomic profiling lies a quieter reality: Most patients in the world still can’t reliably access the tests that unlock these headline treatments.

This week on Within Reach, Clare Jones and Andrea Stevens expose the real bottlenecks - cost and reimbursement, fragmented infrastructure, uneven education, and policy blind spots - and explain why single-gene testing is no longer good enough. Together, they map out what it will take to move from isolated success stories, to a future where tailored cancer care is the standard, not the exception.

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Clare Jones: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clarejonesprmamarketaccess/

Andrea Stevens: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-l-stevens-phd/

Precision Cancer Consortium: https://www.precisioncancerconsortium.com/

Within Reach: https://withinreach.avalerehealth.com/

Avalere Health: https://avalerehealth.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/avalerehealth/

Evan Young: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evan-young-sxp/

Keeping up with the pace of innovation in oncology: a conversation with Amy Pierre and Jahda Hill

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:00:00 -0400

The pace of treatment innovation in oncology is nothing short of breakneck. But the downsides of innovation are real: HCP burnout, decision fatigue, workforce attrition, and more. How can healthcare providers realistically keep up? Evan sits down with Amy Pierre from Flatiron Health, and Jahda Hill from Avalere Health, to work through the issues of innovation and information—told against the backdrop of Janet Kerrigan’s story of how a series of treatment advances in multiple myeloma helped her move past a terminal diagnosis.

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Amy Pierre: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-pierre/

Jahda Hill: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jahdahill/

Flatiron Health: https://www.linkedin.com/company/flatiron-health/

Within Reach: https://withinreach.avalerehealth.com/

Avalere Health: https://avalerehealth.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/avalerehealth/

Evan Young: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evan-young-sxp/

Fighting for care and representation in clinical trials: a conversation with Ricki Fairley and Nirzari Parikh

Wed, 20 May 2026 01:00:00 -0400

Why do people of color experience worse outcomes in cancer? How can they be better represented in clinical trials? Evan sits down with Ricki Fairley of TOUCH, The Black Breast Cancer Alliance, and Nirzari Parikh from Avalere Health, to work through the issues of health literacy, trial design, patient “fear of the sugar pill,” increasing patient self-advocacy, and more—told against the backdrop of LaToya Bolds Johnson’s story of fight and survival with stage 3C triple-negative ductal carcinoma.

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Ricki Fairley: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ricki-fairley-561a43/

Nirzari Parikh, Ph.D.: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nirzariparikhphd/

TOUCH: https://touchbbca.org/

Within Reach: https://withinreach.avalerehealth.com/

Avalere Health: https://avalerehealth.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/avalerehealth/

Evan Young: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evan-young-sxp/

Welcome to Within Reach

Fri, 08 May 2026 05:00:00 -0400

If you distil the fundamental idea of health care down to its purest, most unadulterated form, the essence of it just seems so simple. When someone is sick, they should get the care that they need. But there's a heartbreaking reality to healthcare, and cancer in particular.

The messy and upsetting truth is that the number of people who can get the best care — if we can even agree on what that means, which we can't — is fractional. Untold numbers of people can't even get decent care, and millions of people get absolutely no care at all. This is why Within Reach exists: to begin to unwind, understand, and attempt to address the glaring, enormous problems plaguing cancer medicine and medical systems around the world. It's a lofty goal, but it's the one that I, Evan Young, as the host of this show, am going to attempt to tackle.

But even with decades of my own experience as a healthcare communications professional under my belt, I certainly can't tackle these problems on my own. In every episode throughout this season, we'll be bringing in expert guests that cut across a wide array of backgrounds to dig deep into the issues at hand. And for people into oncology, these are some seriously interesting topics: from underrepresentation of people of colour in clinical trials, to breaking through the taboos in taboo cancers, to the challenges facing rural healthcare. We'll be covering topics like this, and more, that are balanced on the cutting-edge of cancer today.

So, if you have a vested interest in oncology, and you share in the goal of getting every patient possible the care that they need, then I invite you to tune into this show: Within Reach, from Avalere Health.

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Within Reach: https://withinreach.avalerehealth.com/

Avalere Health: https://avalerehealth.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/avalerehealth/

Evan Young: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evan-young-sxp/