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Nursing roles, competencies, and education in precision oncology: a scoping review.

Amanda Drury, Sarah Sheehan, Alicia Cunningham, Memnun Seven, Fiona Hurley, Paula Flanagan, Mary Tanay, Kristen R Haase, Sara Colomer Lahiguera, Maura Dowling

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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. Cited by 1 paper.

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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

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Amanda DrurySchool of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College of Dublin, University of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Sarah SheehanSchool of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College of Dublin, University of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Alicia CunninghamSchool of Nursing, Psychotherapy and Community Health, Dublin City University, Ireland.
Memnun SevenElaine Marieb College of Nursing, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA, USA.
Fiona HurleySchool of Nursing, Psychotherapy and Community Health, Dublin City University, Ireland.
Paula FlanaganSchool of Nursing, Psychotherapy and Community Health, Dublin City University, Ireland.
Mary TanayBerkshire Cancer Centre, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, Reading, United Kingdom.
Kristen R HaaseSchool of Nursing, Faculty of Applied Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Sara Colomer LahigueraInstitute of Higher Education and Research in Health Care (IUFRS), University of Lausanne (UNIL), and Department of Oncology, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland.
Maura DowlingSchool of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Galway, Ireland.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Nurses contribute across the precision cancer care pathway, providing continuous, person-centred care and supporting genomic testing integration. However, the scope of nursing competencies required for precision cancer care and the extent to which current education prepares nurses for these roles remain unclear. This scoping review maps and synthesises evidence on nurses' roles and competencies in precision cancer care, and educational provision in this field. Methods: A JBI scoping review was conducted; MEDLINE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Embase and Scopus were systematically searched on July 18th 2025. International postgraduate and continuing professional education programmes relevant to nurses were identified via a generative artificial intelligence grey literature search undertaken between July 25th and July 30th 2025. Data were synthesised using convergent integrated thematic synthesis. Findings: Fifty-two publications were included, addressing nursing roles and/or competencies ( Interpretation: Alignment between nurses' competency expectations and educational preparation is uneven. We propose a three-level model of precision cancer nursing practice to differentiate foundational capabilities from advanced practice roles, distinguishing precision-informed, enhanced, and specialist precision cancer nursing practice. Explicit mapping of postgraduate curricula to stratified competency levels may support safe expansion of nursing scope within mainstreamed genomic cancer care. Funding: This research was supported with funding from the Dublin City University Undergraduate Summer Research Internship 2025, which supported AC's time on the project. The authors alone are responsible for the content of this presentation.

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Advanced practice nursingGeneticsGenomicsMainstreamingNursing competenciesNursing educationNursing rolesPrecision oncology

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PMID42500353
PMCPMC13396616

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