Electronic patient-reported outcomes as digital therapeutics to improve cancer outcomes

Among patients receiving treatment for advanced cancers, symptoms are common and frequently cause distress, functional impairment, and emergency room visits. Yet cancer patients’ symptoms often go undetected and unaddressed by clinicians. There is growing international interest in integrating electronic patient-reported outcomes (PROs) into routine practice as digital therapeutics that can increase detection and inform management of symptoms, thereby improving health outcomes and patient experiences and avoiding preventable hospital use