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Despite the high frequency with which physicians counsel cancer patients about anti-cancer targeted therapies, there is no standardized set of information that will serve to explain everything about treatment strategies adequately and may also be available as a ready reference for side effects management. The medical information sheets given for treatments provide useful information about the name and the list of side effects but do not provide the rationale, mechanism of action and the benefit of these treatments over a long interval of time. In addition, the level of patients’ understanding of these crucial pieces of information remains questionable at best. The challenge is to bridge this gap of information and facilitate the explanations from oncologists to let the patients easily understand all the information needed. Furthermore, the Oncologist’s time may also be saved otherwise consumed in subsequent visits by patient/s.
CanHelp – a short word for Cancer Help, a Patient education project, is a unique endeavor where academics, patient education and clinical information have been packaged to form an effective tool which is equally useful for Patients, Physicians, Nurses, Pharmacists and other healthcare service providers. The project is conceived in a way that it may be used for a number of expanded academic ventures as well as patient education perspective equally. At present, CanHelp showcase contains Apps for the targetted therapies, as listed below. The Apps for the remaining targeted therapies are in various stages from development to testing and we will keep adding finalized apps in upcoming CanHelp showcase updates.
Breast Cancer: Tamoxifen, Faslodex, Aromatase Inhibitors , Trastuzumab, T-DM1, Lapatinib, Pertuzumab, Palbociclib, Everolimus
Lung Cancer: Afatinib, Gefitinib, Erlotinib, Crizotinib, Pembrolizumab, Nivolumab
Supportive Care: Bone Health – Bisphosphonates, Denosumab, Febrile Neutropenia – Filgrastim & Pegfilgrastim, GIST Calculator