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ArticleNature communications2026

The Knowledge Connector decision support system for multiomics-based precision oncology.

Daniel Hübschmann, Simon Kreutzfeldt, Benjamin Roth, Katrin Glocker, Janine Schoop, Lena Oeser, Steffen Hausmann, Christian Koch, Sebastian Uhrig, Jennifer Hüllein and 14 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. 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

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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

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

24 authors.

Daniel Hübschmann *Computational Oncology Group, Molecular Precision Oncology Program, National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), NCT Heidelberg, a partnership between the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany. d.huebschmann@dkfz-heidelberg.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6041-7049
Simon Kreutzfeldt *German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), DKFZ, Core Center Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3278-4586
Benjamin Roth *Secondary Use of Data in Oncology Group, Clinical Trial Office, DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0004-8941-3086
Katrin Glocker *Secondary Use of Data in Oncology Group, Clinical Trial Office, DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany.
Janine SchoopSecondary Use of Data in Oncology Group, Clinical Trial Office, DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany.
Lena OeserSecondary Use of Data in Oncology Group, Clinical Trial Office, DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany.
Steffen HausmannSecondary Use of Data in Oncology Group, Clinical Trial Office, DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany.
Christian KochSecondary Use of Data in Oncology Group, Clinical Trial Office, DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany.
Sebastian UhrigComputational Oncology Group, Molecular Precision Oncology Program, National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), NCT Heidelberg, a partnership between the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0068-5957
Jennifer HülleinComputational Oncology Group, Molecular Precision Oncology Program, National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), NCT Heidelberg, a partnership between the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
Barbara HutterComputational Oncology Group, Molecular Precision Oncology Program, National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), NCT Heidelberg, a partnership between the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9034-0329
Martina FröhlichComputational Oncology Group, Molecular Precision Oncology Program, National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), NCT Heidelberg, a partnership between the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
Christoph E HeiligDivision of Translational Medical Oncology, DKFZ, and NCT Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8869-1421
Maria-Veronica TeleanuDivision of Translational Medical Oncology, DKFZ, and NCT Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Daniel B LipkaGerman Cancer Consortium (DKTK), DKFZ, Core Center Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5081-7869
Irina A KerleDepartment of Translational Medical Oncology, NCT, NCT/University Cancer Center (NCT/UCC) Dresden, a partnership between DKFZ, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, TUD Dresden University of Technology, and Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Dresden, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3650-488X
Annika Baude-MüllerDivision of Translational Medical Oncology, DKFZ, and NCT Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Katja BeckDivision of Translational Medical Oncology, DKFZ, and NCT Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Christoph HeiningDepartment of Translational Medical Oncology, NCT, NCT/University Cancer Center (NCT/UCC) Dresden, a partnership between DKFZ, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, TUD Dresden University of Technology, and Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Dresden, Germany.
Hanno GlimmDepartment of Translational Medical Oncology, NCT, NCT/University Cancer Center (NCT/UCC) Dresden, a partnership between DKFZ, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, TUD Dresden University of Technology, and Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Dresden, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4104-1135
Frank ÜckertInstitute for Applied Medical Informatics, Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Alexander KnurrSecondary Use of Data in Oncology Group, Clinical Trial Office, DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany.
Stefan FröhlingGerman Cancer Consortium (DKTK), DKFZ, Core Center Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. stefan.froehling@nct-heidelberg.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7907-4595
Peter HorakGerman Cancer Consortium (DKTK), DKFZ, Core Center Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. peter.horak@nct-heidelberg.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4536-9306

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Precision cancer medicine aims to improve patient outcomes by providing individually tailored recommendations for clinical management based on the evaluation of biological disease profiles in multidisciplinary molecular tumor boards (MTBs). The quality of MTB decisions depends on the comprehensive, reliable, and reproducible interpretation of increasingly complex molecular data. We developed and implemented, as part of a multicenter precision oncology program, the Knowledge Connector (KC), a decision support system that integrates individual patients' molecular and clinical data with world knowledge to generate and document MTB recommendations. The KC supports data curation, database integration, and discussion based on multiomics data and provides an interface for creating a cross-institutional knowledge base. Furthermore, it extracts relevant biomarker-drug associations and increases the efficacy of data interpretation in a clinically relevant manner by reducing reliance on external sources and optimizing inter-curator concordance. Our results demonstrate that the KC is a versatile tool that supports medical decision-making in MTBs, thus enabling the scalability of precision cancer medicine.

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Decision Support Systems, ClinicalMedical OncologyNeoplasmsPrecision MedicineHumansKnowledge BasesMultiomics

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PMID41554728
PMCPMC12820158

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