A new framework for engaging patients and the public in basic cancer research

<p>Nature Reviews Cancer, Published online: 08 December 2025; <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41568-025-00898-5">doi:10.1038/s41568-025-00898-5</a></p>Patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE), although well established in clinical settings, remains less well defined in laboratory-based settings, where infrastructure to support meaningful collaboration is limited. In this Comment, the authors propose a novel framework for embedding PPIE ambassadors into basic cancer research pipelines, outlining strategies to address power…