Acceptance of digital apps in the follow-up of patients with head and neck tumors

Patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures lead to improved quality of life in cancer patients and possibly to earlier detection of tumor recurrence. Patient interest in complementing tumor follow-up care with apps for recording PROs was assessed using a questionnaire. An independently created questionnaire to record the interest of tumor patients in a digitalized form of tumor follow-up care was evaluated (n = 110). In the study, the majority of tumor patients were interested in using an app for tumor disease. Taking age into account, the number increased even further for patients