Mobile-CEA - A Novel Surveillance Method for Patients with Colorectal Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The follow-up of the increasing number of cancer survivors threatens to overload the health care system. While short message system (SMS)-based communication is widely used in other areas of the health care system, there are no studies of its appliance in cancer surveillance. The aim of the current study was to analyze the acceptability, convenience and impact of a novel mobile phone messaging -based system (Mobile-CEA) on health personnel contacts in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) during 2 years of follow-up.

Methods

The follow-up data of 52 curatively treated patients with CRC (22 Mobile-CEA-, 30 standard surveillance) was collected retrospectively from the electronic archives. Mobile-CEA patient satisfaction was measured by a tailored non-validated questi

SUBMITTER: Pakarinen S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9209784 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature