Patient-Reported outcome measures help patients with cancer

Patient-Reported outcome measures help patients with cancer
Michael J. Hassett, MD, MPH; Christine Cronin, BS; 8/24
Outside of cancer medicine, there is ample evidence that care management interventions improve patient-related, therapy-related, and health care utilization outcomes, especially when PROMs [patient recorded outcome measures] are incorporated. Altogether, these findings led to the hypothesis that symptom-focused care management programs that rely on PROMs could have a substantial positive impact for patients with cancer. Over the past 2 decades, dozens of clinical trials have explored this question. The analysis by Balitsky and colleagues adds further support to the argument that PROMs should be used routinely in oncology practice.