ICT&health March 31, 2025
Cancer-related fatigue is one of the most common and profound side effects of treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation. Traditional methods, such as medication and exercise, have not proven effective for everyone. Researchers at the Rogel Cancer Center, in collaboration with University of Michigan start-up Arcascope, have developed an innovative solution: an AI-driven app that makes personalized recommendations to reduce fatigue based on circadian rhythm – a biological rhythm with a cycle of about one day.
The app, Arcasync, monitors sleep-wake patterns via heart rate and activity data and advises users, for example, to seek bright light at specific times. A clinical study with 138 patients with breast, prostate and blood cancers found that participants who used the app experienced...
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