A phone app that works without internet and guides a general doctor or nurse through diagnosing and treating common cancers with the drugs actually available locally.
In much of the world cancer is treated by generalists with no oncologist within reach. Resource-stratified guidelines (NCCN Harmonized Guidelines for sub-Saharan Africa, ASCO resource-stratified guidelines, WHO essential medicines) exist as documents. Encoding them as offline-capable, computable decision support with local formulary awareness, dose calculators and referral criteria, endorsed by WHO and ministries, would put them at the point of care.
Shares Not enough oncologists, nurses, pathologists, physicists, Knowledge reaches practice too slowly, Most of the world has almost no cancer care.
Shares Not enough oncologists, nurses, pathologists, physicists, Knowledge reaches practice too slowly, Most of the world has almost no cancer care.
Shares NCCN Guidelines, Knowledge reaches practice too slowly, Most of the world has almost no cancer care.
Shares American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), Not enough oncologists, nurses, pathologists, physicists, Knowledge reaches practice too slowly.
Shares NCCN Guidelines, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), Knowledge reaches practice too slowly.
Shares Not enough oncologists, nurses, pathologists, physicists, Most of the world has almost no cancer care.
Shares Knowledge reaches practice too slowly, Most of the world has almost no cancer care.
Shares American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), Knowledge reaches practice too slowly, Most of the world has almost no cancer care.