Two-Year Survival Comparing Web-Based Symptom Monitoring vs Routine Surveillance Following Treatment for Lung Cancer

JAMA. 2019 Jan 22;321(3):306-307. doi: 10.1001/jama.2018.18085.

Abstract

This study reports 2-year survival outcomes among patients with advanced nonprogressive stage IIA to IV lung cancer randomized to symptom monitoring during chemotherapy via web-based patient-reported outcomes vs standard scheduled imaging after treatment to detect symptomatic recurrence.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

  • Diagnostic Self Evaluation
  • Humans
  • Internet*
  • Kaplan-Meier Estimate
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung Neoplasms / mortality*
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / diagnosis
  • Population Surveillance / methods*
  • Self Report*
  • Symptom Assessment / methods*