M-Health in lung cancer: A literature review

SAGE Open Med. 2023 May 15:11:20503121231172011. doi: 10.1177/20503121231172011. eCollection 2023.

Abstract

The internet and digital technology have become an important resource for patients with cancer. Mobile health strategies permit patients and clinicians to interact via different tools to enrich the supplements to routine hospital visits or out-patient attendance. In this work, we have reviewed different mobile health platforms to support lung cancer patients in different areas: pre-surgery; post-surgery and on systemic treatment. We have also reviewed different digital tools used by long-term lung cancer survivors as well as the impact of these tools on the quality of life, and we tried to analyse according to literature the potential efficiency of these platforms in health system administration.

Keywords: Oncology; PROMs; lung cancer; m-Health; mobile App; telemedicine.

Publication types

  • Review