#LCSM Chat Topic 6/15: Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs)—more effective than some approved cancer drugs for advanced disease
With the proliferation of smartphones and personal tracking devices (such as Fitbits), technology has the means for cancer patients to provide feedback to their healthcare providers about their symptoms and side effects of treatment. Such feedback is called “patient reported outcomes,” or PROs. However, PROs are difficult to measure in a consistent manner, and thus far have not been incorporated into many cancer center clinics or clinical trials. But times are changing. One of the big news items to come out of the huge American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting… Read More
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