A U.S. study that had patients use home computers to report symptoms like nausea and fatigue surprisingly improved survival — by almost half a year, longer than many new cancer drugs do. The study was featured at the cancer group's annual meeting in Chicago on Sunday and published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Dr. Ethan Basch speaks during an interview at the North Carolina Cancer Hospital in Chapel Hill, N.C. Basch conducted a study that shows cancer patients who use home computers to report problems like nausea and fatigue improved survival. "Almost 80 per cent of the time, the nurses responded immediately," calling in medicines for nausea, pain or other problems, Basch said. Median survival in the online group was 31 months versus 26 months for the others.

Source: CBC News June 04, 2017 17:58 UTC