MedCity News February 15, 2024
Celena Wheeler

The rise of electronic patient-reported outcomes (ePRO) tools enables patients to report their symptoms from home, alleviating any concern about burdening the clinic through constant phone calls.

Despite incredible treatment advances over the past several decades, no single phrase has more power to fundamentally transform people’s lives like “you have cancer.”

Even the most engaged patients can “tune out” after a diagnosis, retreating into a world of disbelief and the possibility of negative outcomes. That fog often continues during treatment, as surgical interventions, chemotherapy, radiation, and immunotherapy disrupt daily lives, potentially resulting in life-altering and permanent side effects.

While patients struggle with treatment side effects, they often hesitate to call the clinic for fear of bothering their care team. From...

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