Open AccessTesting Symptom Severity Thresholds and Potential Alerts for Clinical Intervention in Patients With Cancer Undergoing Chemotherapy
Author(s) -
Qiuling Shi,
Ju-Whei Lee,
Xin Shelley Wang,
Michael Fisch,
Victor Chang,
Lynne I. Wagner,
Charles S. Cleeland
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
jco oncology practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2688-1535
pISSN - 2688-1527
DOI - 10.1200/jop.19.00403
Subject(s) - medicine , guideline , breast cancer , distress , anxiety , intervention (counseling) , lung cancer , cancer , physical therapy , performance status , prospective cohort study , emergency medicine , psychiatry , clinical psychology , pathology
Symptom monitoring is attracting attention as a way to improve adherence to cancer therapy, reduce treatment-related toxicities, and possibly improve overall survival. How reporting thresholds affect symptom alert generation and clinical outcomes is poorly understood.