Evidence map›Paper›PMID 42814961›Full record

ArticleJMIR human factors2026

Conversational AI in Hereditary Cancer Care: Sociotechnical Study of Responsible Design Requirements.

Dominic Lammert, Jacqueline Lammert, Justin Hofenbitzer, Tristan Radtke, Yingping Sun, Martin Haimerl, Stefanie Betz, Doran Holger Scholl, Jürgen Pfeffer

Abstract read
In one paragraph

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

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Dominic LammertChair of Computational Social Science, TUM School of Social Science and Technology, Technical University of Munich, Hochschule für Politik München, Richard-Wagner-Straße 1, Munich, Bavaria, 80333, Germany, +49 89907793200.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0294-000X
Jacqueline LammertChair of Medical Informatics, Institute for AI and Informatics in Medicine, TUM School of Medicine and Health, TUM University Hospital, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0380-574X
Justin HofenbitzerChair of Medical Informatics, Institute for AI and Informatics in Medicine, TUM School of Medicine and Health, TUM University Hospital, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-5024-5834
Tristan RadtkeChair of Law and Regulation of the Digital Transformation, Department of Governance, TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-5014-3479
Yingping SunChair of Computational Social Science, TUM School of Social Science and Technology, Technical University of Munich, Hochschule für Politik München, Richard-Wagner-Straße 1, Munich, Bavaria, 80333, Germany, +49 89907793200.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-1204-6675
Martin HaimerlFaculty II: Engineering and Technology, Furtwangen University, Furtwangen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7025-942X
Stefanie BetzFaculty I:, Computer Science and Applications, Furtwangen University, Furtwangen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3613-5893
Doran Holger SchollChair of Computational Social Science, TUM School of Social Science and Technology, Technical University of Munich, Hochschule für Politik München, Richard-Wagner-Straße 1, Munich, Bavaria, 80333, Germany, +49 89907793200.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-8767-4230
Jürgen PfefferChair of Computational Social Science, TUM School of Social Science and Technology, Technical University of Munich, Hochschule für Politik München, Richard-Wagner-Straße 1, Munich, Bavaria, 80333, Germany, +49 89907793200.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1677-150X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Individuals with Objective: This study identifies and systematizes stakeholder-informed sociotechnical design requirements and governance conditions for a clinically bounded conversational AI system intended to support comprehension, appraisal, and appropriate use of complex hereditary cancer information in Methods: We conducted an exploratory, qualitative, predevelopment requirements study using 2 structured participatory workshops with interdisciplinary stakeholders (N=18). Guided exercises included stakeholder analysis, the value proposition canvas, and the sustainability awareness framework. Structured workshop outputs, field notes, and artifacts were analyzed using inductive thematic analysis. Results: Stakeholder workshops revealed that responsible design was shaped less by consensus around standalone responsible AI principles than by three recurrent cross-stakeholder tensions: (1) accessibility and continuity of support versus clinical role boundaries, (2) simplification and emotional reassurance versus medical precision and epistemic transparency, and (3) technical scalability versus governance, data protection, and institutional accountability. These tensions translated into design requirements for constrained system authority, mandatory human oversight, context-sensitive communication, and integration into clinical and regulatory governance structures. Conclusions: Conversational AI in this context should be explicitly constrained and embedded within clinical governance structures to be perceived as responsible. Responsible implementation requires transparent design, human oversight, integration into existing care pathways, and early alignment with German/European Union (EU) regulatory requirements concerning data protection, medical device classification, genetic data, and AI transparency.

Indexed as

Artificial IntelligenceBreast NeoplasmsCommunicationGenetic CounselingFemaleHumansQualitative ResearchBRCA1/2breast cancer gene 1 and 2conversational AIgenetic counselingparticipatory designpatient decision supportresponsible AI

Identifiers

PMID42814961
PMCPMC13626551

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.