Fulfilling unmet supportive care needs of patients with lung cancer

Andreas Charalambous, BSc, MSc, PGCert, PhD, The Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus, gives a summary of his presentation at ELCC 2021 on how technology can be utilized to meet the needs of patients with lung cancer. Dr Charalambous outlines eight broad categories of supportive care needs including physical, daily living, emotional, spiritual, informational, social, communication and cognitive needs, and describes how technological and digital solutions can be used to improve communication between patients and healthcare providers, integration of standard clinical assessment with patient-reported outcomes, patient empowerment and a sense of self-management. Dr Charalambous also discusses the use of virtual reality and mobile applications. This video was recorded at the virtual European Lung Cancer Congress (ELCC) 2021.