Precision Oncology — Foundation Learning Guide¶
For a reader with no background in this area. If you have watched the Foundations film series, this follows directly from it.
The one idea to hold¶
Not all evidence is equal. FDA-approved, off-label with data, and trial-only are three different answers to the same question.
What this subject does with that idea¶
Takes a tumour's molecular profile and lays out the therapy options with the strength of evidence behind each.
A molecular tumour board compresses weeks of cross-specialty review; showing the evidence tier is what clinicians actually trust.
Decision support for a qualified clinician — never autonomous diagnosis or prescribing. Every output on this page is intended to inform a clinician's judgement, not replace it.
What it cannot do¶
Trial matching is informational. Therapy selection remains the treating oncologist's decision.
Stating the limit is not a disclaimer bolted on the end — it is how you tell a tool that helps from a tool that misleads.
Vocabulary you will meet¶
| Term | Plain meaning |
|---|---|
| Capability | One named thing the platform can do, registered in capabilities.json |
live / planned |
Whether a capability actually answers today, or is intended |
| Decision support | Output that informs a clinician; it never decides |
| LIVE / REPRESENTATIVE / BURST | Whether a demo ran now, was pre-computed, or ran on remote GPUs |
Try it¶
The demo for this subject is E5:
.venv/bin/python scripts/run_demo.py E5
If it reports BLOCKED, the message names exactly what is missing. That is intentional — a demo
that cannot run says so rather than showing you something canned.