Publicly available apps for cancer survivors: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To review the nature and scope of apps targeting individuals living with and beyond cancer.

Design

Scoping review, searching the two largest app stores, Google Play and Apple's App store. App descriptions were exported verbatim, and summarised descriptively, thematically and by content coding.

Results

We included 151 apps targeting individuals living with and beyond cancer. Most targeted all cancer types (n=89, 58.9%) or breast cancer (n=22, 14.6%) and originated in the USA (n=68, 45.0%). The country of origin was unclear for 31 (20.5%) apps. Most apps were developed by commercial companies/private individuals (n=64, 43%) or non-profit organisations (n=30, 19.9%) and marketed apps in terms of fighting metaphors, navigating a journey and becoming empowered t

SUBMITTER: Adam R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6773350 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature