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Review
. 2020 Aug 31;12(8):e10156.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.10156.

Remote Oncology Care: Review of Current Technology and Future Directions

Bradley A McGregor  1 , Gregory A Vidal  2 , Sumit A Shah  3 , James D Mitchell  4 , Andrew E Hendifar  5
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Remote Oncology Care: Review of Current Technology and Future Directions

Bradley A McGregor et al. Cureus. .

Abstract

Cancer patients frequently develop tumor and treatment-related complications, leading to diminished quality of life, shortened survival, and overutilization of emergency department and hospital services. Outpatient oncology treatment has potential to leave cancer patients unmonitored for long periods while at risk of clinical deterioration which has been exaggerated during the COVID19 pandemic. Visits to cancer clinics and hospitals risk exposing immunocompromised patients to infectious complications. Remote patient reported outcomes monitoring systems have been developed for use in cancer treatment, showing benefits in economic and survival outcomes. While advanced devices such as pulmonary artery pressure monitors and implantable loop recorders have proven benefits in cardiovascular care, similar options do not exist for oncology. Here we review the current literature around remote patient monitoring in cancer care and propose the use of reliable devices for capturing and reporting patient symptoms and physiology.

Keywords: implantable medical device; oncology; patient reported outcomes; pro; remote monitoring; rpm.

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Conflict of interest statement

Dr. Mitchell is a named inventor on six patent applications related to this work.

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