title: Optimizing cancer care through mobile health.
abstract: The survival rates for patients living with cancer are increasing, due to recent advances in detection, prevention and treatment. It has been estimated that there were 28 million cancer survivors around the world in 2012. In the UK, for patients diagnosed in 2007, it is predicted that more than half of them will survive their cancer for 5 years or more. A large majority of cancer survivors report unmet supportive care needs and distressing symptoms and adverse long-term consequences related to their cancer. Cancer management could be optimized to better meet patients demand through technology, including mobile health (m-Health). m-Health is defined as the use of mobile communications and network technologies for health care. m-Health can help both patients and health-care professionals and play an important part in managing and delivering cancer care including managing side effects, supporting drug adherence, providing cancer information, planning and follow up and detecting and diagnosing cancer. Health authorities have already published guidelines regulating m-Health to insure patient safety and improve the accountability of its applications.
authors: Drug Discovery, Delivery and Patient Care (DDDPC) Centre, School of Pharmacy and Chemistry, Kingston University, Penrhyn Road, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, KT1 2EE, UK, B.Odeh@Kingston.ac.uk.
authors: Bassel
authors: B
authors: Odeh
authors: Reem
authors: R
authors: Kayyali
authors: Shereen
authors: S
authors: Nabhani-Gebara
authors: Nada
authors: N
authors: Philip
mesh_terms: D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D015996:Survival Rate; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards
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