Mobile applications in oncology: is it possible for patients and healthcare professionals to easily identify relevant tools?

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 509-515

  Brouard, Benoit ^a   Bardo, Pascale ^b   Bonnet, Clément ^c   Mounier, Nicolas ^d   Vignot, Marina ^e   Vignot, Stéphane ^a  

^a Louis Pasteur Hospital   (France)

^b HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Cochin Hospital–Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris ^*  (France)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

^e PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Digital health; ehealth; mhealth; mobile applications; oncology

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; DRUG INDUSTRY; ENDOCRINE TUMOR; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT CANCER; FUNDING; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; ONCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX CANCER; URINARY TRACT CANCER; VALIDATION PROCESS; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DEVICES; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELEMEDICINE;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; TELEMEDICINE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84976337064     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: 13652060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07853890.2016.1195010     Document Type: Review

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