Ethan Basch, MD, MSc (IMAGE)

University of North Carolina Health Care

Ethan Basch, MD, MSc

Caption

“Doctors and nurses are often unaware of symptoms and side effects that can worsen for cancer patients between office visits, leading to complications and unnecessary suffering,” said lead author Ethan Basch, MD, MSc, the Richard M. Goldberg Distinguished Professor of Medicine and chief of medical oncology at UNC School of Medicine and director of the Cancer Outcomes Research Program at UNC Lineberger. “The patient-reported outcomes, or PRO, system was developed to enable patients to report their own symptoms and side effects and our study showed that PRO keeps care teams informed so that they can intervene promptly to help patients.”

Credit

UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

Usage Restrictions

None

License

Original content

Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.