Context Clinical guidelines are available to enhance symptom management during cancer
treatment but often are not used in the practice setting. Clinical decision support can …

Purpose Prescribing guideline-recommended anti-emetics is an effective strategy to prevent
CINV. However, the rate of guideline-concordant care is not well-understood. The purpose …

PURPOSE: Poor patient experiences and increasing costs from undertreated symptoms
require approaches that improve patient-reported outcomes and lower expenditures. We …

In the partnership between the medical departments of Würzburg University, Germany, and
Nagasaki University, Japan, palliative care is a relevant topic. The aim of the study was to …

Purpose While not always sufficient, surgery is a critical component of contemporary
multidisciplinary cancer care and is generally necessary for the curative-intent treatment of …

Background Patients with cancer have high symptom burden and unmet needs and
therefore can benefit from palliative care. Oncology nurses are consistent providers of care …

Background A recent study reported that inclusion of a patient-reported outcome (PRO) tool
for symptom monitoring during routine cancer treatment for patients with advanced or …

Abstract Background The MD Anderson Symptom Inventory (MDASI) is a psychometrically
validated patient-reported outcome measure that assesses the severity and impact of …

Background A chatbot is an automatic text-messaging tool that creates a dynamic interaction
and simulates a human conversation through text or voice via smartphones or computers. A …

Purpose The standard recall period for the patient-reported outcomes version of the
common terminology criteria for adverse events (PRO-CTCAE®) is the past 7 days, but there …