The Development of iManageCancer: The Experience of a Personalised eHealth Platform for Cancer Patients’ Empowerment
@inproceedings{Crico2019TheDO, title={The Development of iManageCancer: The Experience of a Personalised eHealth Platform for Cancer Patients’ Empowerment}, author={Chiara Crico and Chiara Renzi}, year={2019} }
Advances in cancer research led to more cancer patients being cured and many more being enabled to live with their cancer. There is an increasing need for cancer patients to take an active, leading role in their healthcare, thus resulting in a better quality of life. Identification of self-management processes for cancer can help to guide future research and clinical practice to improve patient’s outcome. In the present chapter, we discuss the development of iManageCancer, a cancer-specific…
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