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ASCO 2026 | Opportunities & challenges in maintaining a symptom monitoring app in oncology

Wing-Lok Chan, MBBS, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, comments on the importance of funding for the implementation and maintenance of the SUPPORT+ app, highlighting the need for resources to support nurses and conduct cost-effectiveness studies. Additional funding is necessary to cover app maintenance fees, implement the system publicly, and provide nurses with the necessary resources to operate the app. This interview took place during the 2026 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Meeting in Chicago, IL.

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First of all, I think funding is very important because we need the app maintenance fee. We also need to implement the system to the public. And the nurses also need extra resources to operate on the app. So all this we need extra funding. And the other thing is that we also would like to have cost-effectiveness studies and implementation studies on the implementation of the study to real practice...

First of all, I think funding is very important because we need the app maintenance fee. We also need to implement the system to the public. And the nurses also need extra resources to operate on the app. So all this we need extra funding. And the other thing is that we also would like to have cost-effectiveness studies and implementation studies on the implementation of the study to real practice.

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