A very well-known problem of cancer care: 

In the fight against cancer, it's often challenging for the patient and their family to stay emotionally strong.

They need to manage multiple things starting from the diagnosis to the treatment to post-treatment care and follow-ups. 

On the other hand, caregivers and clinicians need something to manage cancer care and to stay connected with the patient and clinical staff. 

A very less-known solution and its real impact: 

All these requirements can be well addressed with the emerging mobile health technologies. 

One such example of a mobile app is Resilience.

The app enables users to measure, track, and understand the side effects and answer their specific questions with wise advice and care strategies.

Recently, the french healthcare startup has raised $45 million in the Series A round.

The funding was led by Cathay Innovation to improve the treatment journey of cancer patients after the diagnosis.

Surely the cancer care app can’t replace doctors and oncologists but it can make the painful process easier both for the patient and caregiver.

Such cancer care mobile apps only aim to empower the healthcare system to deliver better treatment.

Let's find out how some of the best cancer care apps for patients are supporting the patients in cancer diagnosis, treatment, and post-treatment care. 

Best Apps for Cancer Patients

There are an overwhelming number of cancer care apps that target different types of cancer.

Below are some of the best examples of cancer care apps under the different categories. 

1. Apps for skin cancer

Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer, therefore doctors recommend regular skin checks at home to detect cancer in its early stage.

Apps for skin cancer increase the patient's chance to identify skin cancer as early as possible. 

Here are some examples of apps for skin cancer.

Miiskin Skin Tracker & eHealth (Stars: 4.4, Rating: 811)

The company's vision is to help people keep track of skin changes and skin conditions in the most user-friendly way possible. 

Miiskin offers a full solution for healthcare providers to offer telehealth solutions for their patients. 

• Close-up photography to track changes in the skin conditions and mole
• In-app skin comparison so you can compare changes in the skin
• Mole sizing
• Face tracking to take selfies from multiple angles in a second
• Web compare allows you to compare images stored on other devices
• Security and privacy setting
• Share images with doctors and healthcare providers

Other examples of apps for skin cancer are UMSkinCheck, Mole Mapper, Mole Scope, and Skin Vision.

2. Apps for breast cancer

The most essential thing for the early breast cancer diagnosis is to get the right information at the right time.

The apps are best for finding answers related to breast cancer diagnosis and treatment. 

Check out these few examples,

Bezzy Breast Cancer Helpline (Stars: 4.8, Ratings: 1.9K)

The app’s mission is to cultivate a space powered by the Breast Cancer Community and empowered by each other. Following are its top features. 

• One-to-one chats to conversation forums, to make communication easy
• Find and receive advice, seek and offer support, and discover the authentic stories of members
• Connect safely from anywhere anytime
• Social first content
• Forum to connect and share things with other people

Other examples include My Breast Cancer Coach (4.7) and Breast Advocate (4.7).

3. Apps for prostate cancer

Prostate cancer accounts for one-fifth (20%) of all new cancer cases in men. 

Ned for prostate cancer (Stars: 5, Ratings: 6)

Ned app helps to elevate the prostate cancer survivorship experience of the patient with the following features,

• Gives direct access to patients’ cancer test lab results
• Allows healthcare providers to make more informed and timely clinical decisions
• Provides a personalized view of lab results and symptom data over time
• Delivers current news on maintaining a healthy lifestyle and suggests nearby events related to survivorship

Other examples of prostate cancer apps are prostate cancer manager, My Prostate Cancer Coach, CORAL, and Prostate Check. 

Moreover, other apps help to manage care for more types of cancer, such as Cancer.Net Mobile, which provides up-to-date guides on 120+ types of cancer, including treatment, managing side effects, appointment scheduling, and access to health reports. 

Why Do We Need a Mobile App for Cancer Care Management? 

Let's get it straight!

Cancer is the leading cause of death in Canada and is responsible for 28.2% of all deaths (refer to the fig below). 

Besides that, cancer is a chronic disease that takes a long time for treatment and recovery. 

Most treatment takes from three months up to a year and the chemotherapy used in the treatment is highly painful.

The apps are not intended to diagnose and treat cancer but they surely helps patients and caregivers in cancer care management through different ways such as,

• Enable self-screening: Helps in early cancer diagnosis by allowing patients to self-check their overall body to keep track of unusual changes. 
• Simplify healthcare management easier: Apps provide useful information to patients that enable them to manage the challenge of cancer treatment. 

• Establish support systems and provide easy access to cancer treatment providers: Most apps provide a social platform to connect cancer patients with the community of cancer survivors so that they will not feel alone in their journey and feel motivated. 

Also, cancer care apps have minimized the gap between providers, caregivers, and patients by enabling easy access and convenience for scheduling treatment and making appointments. 

How to Build a Mobile App for Cancer Care Management for Patients and Providers?

Mobile app development is a creative job. How your app works completely depends on your idea and the type of service you want to provide. 

As there are different kinds of cancer, you can go specific or may implement a collective approach to help patients with different kinds of cancer.

Further,  every cancer care management app should put its patient's needs first.

Here are some tips and tricks to make your cancer care app more useful.

• Evidence-based interventions: To promote active patient engagement and better communication with the doctors and caregivers. 

• Track treatment side effects: A tool to track treatment-related side- -effects to improve the patient's ability to self-manage care. 

• Education assistance for disease self-management: To improve awareness about cancer, its symptoms, treatment procedures, therapy used, and side effects. 

• Cancer community network: To improve social interaction of the cancer patient with the people suffering from similar diseases, and the people who have gone through similar experiences.  

• Medication manager: To keep patient adherence to medication  100% with reminder and refill options.
•  App integration: Integrate the app with other devices and sensors to check the vital signs of the patient and track improvements. 

• eCommerce for cancer patients: Let patients purchase exclusive healthcare and wellness items they need to go through their cancer care journey easily. 

How Can We Help You Aid Cancer Patients with an Incredible Mobile App?

Whether you are a cancer treatment provider or a startup with the unique idea to improve cancer care delivery through mobile apps, we can help you achieve your best.  

Want to know how?

We are a healthcare-focused IT company with expertise in healthcare app development, UI/UX designing, consultation, testing, maintenance, EMR/EHR integration, and compliance.  

Here is why you should count on us,

• Proven experience: We have 7+ years of experience in healthcare services and solution development.

• Diverse talent: Our team of experts includes healthcare IT consultants, business analysts, healthcare lead developers, QA engineers, app designers, and compliance specialists.

• 50+ technologies: We have experience working with multiple healthcare projects with more than 50+ IT technologies including AI, ML, and IoT. 

• Knowledge of market trends: Our business experts keep an eye on mobile technology market trends to take the pulse of the market. 

• Fast development: We follow rapid application development approaches to deliver apps on time.

• Continuous support: We provide continuous maintenance support and a clean support document.  

Mobile apps truly have the potential to change cancer patients’ health and well-being. 

It's our responsibility to find solutions to address cancer-related problems.

Let us know what you are planning, our healthcare IT team is always here to help you.