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ArticleFrontiers in medicine2025

How life-cycle real-world evidence can bridge evidentiary gaps in precision oncology.

Emanuel Krebs, Deirdre Weymann, Tania Bubela, Dean A Regier

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Article in Frontiers in medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Emanuel Krebs *Regulatory Science Lab, BC Cancer Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Deirdre Weymann *Regulatory Science Lab, BC Cancer Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Tania BubelaFaculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
Dean A RegierRegulatory Science Lab, BC Cancer Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Precision oncology uses omics-based diagnostic technologies to inform histology-agnostic cancer treatment. To date, health system implementation remains limited owing to high uncertainty in regulatory and reimbursement evidence submissions. In this perspective, we describe a life-cycle approach to the evaluation of precision oncology technologies that addresses evidentiary uncertainty and is grounded in real-world evidence (RWE) derived using data routinely collected by healthcare systems. We consider the role for RWE in international regulatory and reimbursement decision-making, review common biases for observational precision oncology evaluations, make specific recommendations for RWE study design and analysis, and specify healthcare system requirements for data collection. We then explore how decision-grade real-world data can support the generation of decision-grade RWE, ultimately enabling real-world life-cycle assessment for precision oncology.

Indexed as

causal inferencedecision makinglife-cycle assessmentprecision oncologyreal-world data (RWD)real-world evidence (RWE)regulatory acceptance and useregulatory science

Identifiers

PMID40963574
PMCPMC12436484

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