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ReviewEClinicalMedicine2026

Prioritizing human-centered cancer care in a digital era.

Grant Matthew Smith, Cristiane D Bergerot, Andrew S Epstein, Judith E Nelson, Naveen Salins, Vasudeva Bhat K, Shirley Lewis, J Mac Skelton, Ravi B Parikh, Nirmala Bhoo-Pathy and 13 more

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Review in EClinicalMedicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

23 authors.

Grant Matthew SmithSection of Palliative Medicine, Division of Primary Care and Population Health, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States.
Cristiane D BergerotOncoclinicas & Co, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Andrew S EpsteinGastrointestinal Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, United States.
Judith E NelsonSupportive Care Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, United States.
Naveen SalinsDepartment of Palliative Medicine and Supportive Care, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India.
Vasudeva Bhat KDepartment of Paediatric Oncology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India.
Shirley LewisDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India.
J Mac SkeltonAmerican University of Iraq, Sulaimani, Sulaimani, Iraq.
Ravi B ParikhWinship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Alanta, GA, United States.
Nirmala Bhoo-PathyDepartment of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Juan BordaTemerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Beverley M EssueInstitute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Loreto Fernandez-GonzalezDalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Madeline LiDepartment of Supportive Care, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Nancy PrestonInternational Observatory on End of Life Care, Division of Health Research, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom.
Gilla K ShapiroDalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Dario TrapaniEuropean Institute of Oncology, IRCCS, Milan, Italy.
Karla Unger-SaldañaSecretary of Science, Humanities, and Technology, National Cancer Institute of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico.
Catherine WalsheInternational Observatory on End of Life Care, Division of Health Research, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom.
Camilla ZimmermannDalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Richard SullivanInstitute of Cancer Policy, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
Gary RodinDalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
William E RosaDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, United States.

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI SELWYN M VICKERS · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Digital health tools improve the efficiency and quality of cancer care and are poised to have an even greater impact in the future. However, the extent to which these tools will enhance both disease-centered and human-centered care depends on which values, outcomes, and processes diverse stakeholders and sectors prioritize. Human-centered care recognizes the uniqueness and inherent value of individuals and values the inimitability of human relationships. In this Viewpoint, we call for prioritization of human-centered care in the design and implementation of digital health tools. After summarizing key ethical frameworks, we provide examples of digital innovations from Brazil, India, and the United States that demonstrate how choices in design, implementation, and evaluation can enhance human-centered care provision. In addition, we provide recommendations to support clinicians, researchers, and health systems in prioritizing human-centered care, including the involvement of patients, caregivers, and communities in all phases of design and implementation. Funding: No funding was used in the creation of this manuscript. WER, ASE, and JEN are partially supported by the NIH/National Cancer Institute comprehensive cancer center award P30 CA008748. WER is supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program.

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Artificial intelligenceCancer careDigital healthDigital health toolsHuman-centered careOncology

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PMID41509608
PMCPMC12775855

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