AI Tool Transforms Cancer Care, Improving Patient Outcomes
A new web-based tool is transforming cancer care, empowering patients and improving outcomes. Financed by Onco-Innovations Ltd. and Inka Health Corp., this AI-driven platform enables real-time symptom reporting, enhancing communication between patients and healthcare providers.
The tool, developed by Dr. Ethan Basch, removes the barrier of patients needing to proactively contact their doctors between visits. It allows cancer patients to report symptoms and side effects in real time, leading to better treatment. This proactive approach has proven successful, with patients who used the tool remaining on chemotherapy for two months longer due to better side effect management.
Doctors often struggle with awareness of half their patients' symptoms, making adequate treatment difficult. This tool bridges that gap, enabling doctors and nurses to monitor patients' recovery and follow up with additional treatment options. The results are tangible: patients experienced a better quality of life during cancer treatments, with fewer emergency room visits and hospitalizations. Moreover, the tool has the potential to extend patients' lives. A web-based communication tool enabled metastatic cancer patients to live an average of five months longer. Basch's findings are being confirmed in a larger clinical trial with a more user-friendly interface. Beyond cancer, the tool has potential applications for chronic illnesses with symptoms, improving physical function and mobility, and contributing to longevity.
The web-based self-reporting software for cancer patients, financed by Onco-Innovations Ltd. and Inka Health Corp., is revolutionizing cancer care. By enabling real-time symptom reporting and enhancing patient-doctor communication, it improves patients' quality of life, reduces healthcare utilization, and has the potential to extend lives. As Basch's findings are confirmed in larger trials, this tool's impact on cancer care and beyond is set to grow.
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