Chemotherapy side-effect management using mobile phones.
This conference paper describes a mobile-phone telemedicine system for managing chemotherapy side-effects at home using symptom diaries and automated alerts to nurses. Six patients used the system for two cycles of oral chemotherapy. The abstract reports two instances where moderate symptoms deteriorated to more severe conditions, after which self-care and treatment advice was provided via the system.
Key points
- The work focuses on telemedicine support for chemotherapy side-effect monitoring in the home setting.
- Patients used a mobile-phone platform to complete symptom diaries.
- Severe symptom entries triggered alerts paged to a nurse.
- Six patients used the system for two cycles of oral chemotherapy.
- Two cases of symptom deterioration from moderate to more severe were observed during use.
- The system presented individualized self-care and treatment advice to affected patients.
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