Abstract PS9-41: Tailored education prescribed throughout the breast cancer journey via a mobile application
Authors: Alford Sharon Hensley , Kumar Tarun , Mahatma Shilpa 
Published: February 2021

Background: Improved educational tailoring to a breast cancer patient’s specific situation, diagnosis and treatment plan, has been shown to decrease anxiety and improve treatment adherence. We demonstrate that technology can facilitate the provisioning of patient education at the point of need through a prescription model using focused videos to address various aspects of diagnosis and treatment. Methods: We created a patient-clinician bi-directional platform that houses mini-videos that can be prescribed by the clinician according to the details of the patient’s diagnosis as well as the stage of the patient’s care journey. Videos were created to reflect the American Cancer Society’s education web content in an animated and easy to consume format. Each video is 3 to 10 minutes long and contains questions to consolidate and reinforce the learning. Patients retain access to the video content indefinitely and can also share with caregivers with whom they grant access. Results: For breast cancer, we created a diagnosis video that explains the basic information every women needs to understand. This includes an explanation of breast anatomy, how doctors describe the location of the tumor, which cells generally give rise to breast cancer (ductal and lobular) and how it is described (in situ vs. invasive), how breast cancer is staged, and finally what the biomarkers (ER, PR, Her2) are as well as what positive/negative means in terms of treatment options. In addition, specific videos are available to be prescribed based on the patient’s treatment plan.

Conclusion: To our knowledge, we are the first to develop a prescription-based approach to breast cancer patient education. In addition, our knowledge consolidation questions added to the prescribed education is also novel in this area. We demonstrate that technology can support patient education in way that supports patients and can alleviate the burden on clinics.

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Citation Format: Sharon Hensley Alford, Tarun Kumar, Shilpa Mahatma. Tailored education prescribed throughout the breast cancer journey via a mobile application [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2020 San Antonio Breast Cancer Virtual Symposium; 2020 Dec 8-11; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2021;81(4 Suppl):Abstract nr PS9-41.