ReviewCancer management and research2018
Tracking steps in oncology: the time is now.
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22 citing papers in PubMed.
- Remote Patient-Reported Outcomes and Activity Monitoring to Improve Patient-Clinician Communication Regarding Symptoms and Functional Status: A Randomized Controlled Trial.JCO oncology practice · 2023Trial
- Factors predicting gains in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in prostate cancer survivors on androgen deprivation therapy.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022Trial
- Potential effectiveness of a surgeon-delivered exercise prescription and an activity tracker on pre-operative exercise adherence and aerobic capacity of lung cancer patients.Surgical oncology · 2021Trial
- Step count as a digital mobility outcome in orthopedics and orthopedic trauma surgery: a scoping review.EFORT open reviews · 2026Review
- Feasibility, Barriers, and Facilitators of Long-Term Physical Activity Tracking During Treatment: Interview Study Among Childhood Cancer Patients.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2025Article
- Enhancing Care Coordination in Oncology and Nononcology Thoracic Surgery Care Pathways Through a Digital Health Solution: Mixed Methods Study.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
- Mobility Assessment Instruments.Seminars in oncology nursing · 2024Review
- Improved awareness of physical activities is associated with a gain of fitness and a stable body weight in breast cancer patients during the first year of antineoplastic therapy: the BEGYN-1 study.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Article
- Digital Health Applications in Oncology: An Opportunity to Seize.Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 2022Article
- Wearable-Based Stair Climb Power Estimation and Activity Classification.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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- Acceptance of physical activity monitoring in cancer patients during radiotherapy, the GIROfit phase 2 pilot trial.Technical innovations & patient support in radiation oncology · 2022Article
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- Accuracy of Mobile Applications versus Wearable Devices in Long-Term Step Measurements.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Advances and future directions in the use of mobile health in supportive cancer care: proceedings of the 2019 MASCC Annual Meeting symposium.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2020Review
- Physical activity in patients with cancer: self-report versus accelerometer assessments.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2020Article
- Big Data From Small Devices: The Future of Smartphones in Oncology.Seminars in radiation oncology · 2019Review
- Patient reported outcomes can improve performance status assessment: a pilot study.Journal of patient-reported outcomes · 2019Article
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Abstract
purposeAccurate evaluation of patients' health status is a key component of the workup, treatment, and follow-up of cancer patients. Assessments by clinicians (eg, performance status, toxicity grade) and patients (eg, quality of life) play a critical role in current practice but have significant limitations. Technological advances now provide an opportunity to track a new class of objective measures of patient activity, such as daily step counts. Here, we describe recent efforts to incorporate this technology into the field of oncology.
designWe conducted a structured literature search using MEDLINE electronic database to identify published observational studies of tracking steps in cancer patients and trials of exercise programs for cancer survivors incorporating pedometers until February 2016.
resultsData indicate that physical activity information may supplant existing scales for the assessment of cancer patients' functional capacity.
conclusionObjective activity monitoring is poised to revolutionize the way health care providers assess cancer patients at the time of diagnosis, during treatment, and in the survivorship setting.
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