Decreased symptom burden following surgery due to support from an interactive app for symptom management for patients with pancreatic and periampullary cancer.

Conclusion: The use of an app for management of patient-reported outcomes reduces symptom burdens six weeks after pancreaticoduodenectomy due to cancer. Interaktor is well accepted for patients choosing to participate and appears to facilitate supportive care needs and timely symptom management for this patient group. Future studies should also include cost-benefits and objective measures. PMID: 31284797 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31284797?dopt=Abstract

Source: Acta Oncologica - July 8, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Gustavell T, Sundberg K, Segersvärd R, Wengström Y, Langius-Eklöf A Tags: Acta Oncol Source Type: research