TY - JOUR
T1 - Telemedicine and cancer care in India
T2 - promises, opportunities and caveats
AU - Deo, Suryanarayana V.S.
AU - Pramanik, Raja
AU - Chaturvedi, Meesha
AU - Nath, Anita
AU - Ghosh, Jaya
AU - Das Majumdar, Saroj Kumar
AU - Salins, Naveen
AU - Kadayaprath, Geeta
AU - Garg, Pankaj K.
AU - Chaturvedi, Arvind
AU - Mathur, Sandeep
AU - Mathur, Prashant
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Indian Council of Medical Research.
PY - 2022/10/1
Y1 - 2022/10/1
N2 - Telemedicine has revolutionized areas of medical practice and care. It has a potential in field of continuum of cancer care in India. SARS-CoV-2 has highlighted the potential use of this tool effectively. Scope of newer applications of telemedicine in field of cancer is reviewed in current paper enlisting benefits to patient, healthcare providers and centers in a developing country like India. Each of them is supported by appropriate evidence and examples. An analysis of strengths and opportunities when compared with weakness and threats brings out how telemedicine can redistribute oncology work force in a rational way and minimize disruption caused by the pandemic. Telemedicine can be utilized in cancer management starting from prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation to palliative care.
AB - Telemedicine has revolutionized areas of medical practice and care. It has a potential in field of continuum of cancer care in India. SARS-CoV-2 has highlighted the potential use of this tool effectively. Scope of newer applications of telemedicine in field of cancer is reviewed in current paper enlisting benefits to patient, healthcare providers and centers in a developing country like India. Each of them is supported by appropriate evidence and examples. An analysis of strengths and opportunities when compared with weakness and threats brings out how telemedicine can redistribute oncology work force in a rational way and minimize disruption caused by the pandemic. Telemedicine can be utilized in cancer management starting from prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation to palliative care.
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U2 - 10.2144/fsoa-2022-0001
DO - 10.2144/fsoa-2022-0001
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85148669197
SN - 2056-5623
VL - 8
JO - Future Science OA
JF - Future Science OA
IS - 9
M1 - FSO821
ER -
