Improving symptom monitoring through patient-reported outcomes<\/h3>\n
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Dr. Fay J. Hlubocky, the 2023 Cancer.Net Associate Editor for Psychosocial Oncology<\/a>, discusses key takeaways from the meeting on symptom monitoring through patient-reported outcomes<\/a>. First, she discusses a presentation that focused on the importance of identifying and monitoring patient-reported symptoms throughout treatment and into survivorship, the need for a standardized approach to identifying these symptoms, and the benefits of patients monitoring their symptoms from home. [3:25] She also describes 2 initiatives in which patient-reported symptom monitoring was successfully implemented. [5:55] Finally, Dr. Hlubocky discusses a study<\/a> that evaluated the effects of remote symptom monitoring in people with advanced lung cancer<\/a>. [7:58]<\/p>\n Dr. Daniel A. Mulrooney, the 2023 Cancer.Net Associate Editor for Pediatric Cancers<\/a>, discusses new research on identifying and overcoming barriers to care<\/a> for children with cancer. He covers 4 studies, including:<\/p>\n A study<\/a> in which researchers explored how they could collect social determinants of health<\/a> information, such as access to food and transportation, from the parents of children with neuroblastoma<\/a> who were enrolled in a clinical trial. [12:29]<\/p>\n<\/li>\n A study<\/a> that looked at whether an intervention program called PediCARE could help low-income families access social and economic resources, such as groceries and transportation, while their children received cancer care. [14:55]<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Another study<\/a> that examined whether the expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act<\/a> affected Medicaid enrollment rates among adult survivors of childhood cancer<\/a>. [16:30]<\/p>\n<\/li>\n A study<\/a> in which researchers partnered with a community-based nonprofit to identify ways of improving follow-up care for Latino adolescent and young adult<\/a> cancer survivors. [18:28]<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Disclosure information for this podcast\u2019s speakers can be found in their individual biographies linked to above.<\/p>\n Was this podcast useful?<\/i><\/b> Please subscribe, rate, and review Cancer.Net Podcasts wherever you listen to podcasts. This prerecorded podcast can be listened to online or downloaded to your computer. A transcript<\/a> is also available. For more information, visit the <\/i>Cancer.Net podcast page<\/i><\/a>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n Cancer.Net podcasts are edited for length and content.<\/i><\/p>\nOvercoming disparities in childhood cancer care<\/h3>\n
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