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Digital health and telehealth in cancer care: a scoping review of reviews
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The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated remote cancer care delivery via the internet and telephone, rapidly accelerating an already growing care delivery model and associated research. This scoping review of reviews characterised the peer-reviewed literature reviews on digital health and telehealth interventions in cancer published from database inception up to May 1, 2022, from PubMed, Cumulated Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, PsycINFO, Cochrane Reviews, and Web of Science. Eligible reviews conducted a systematic literature search. Data were extracted in duplicate via a pre-defined online survey. Following screening, 134 reviews met the eligibility criteria. 77 of those reviews were published since 2020. 128 reviews summarised interventions intended for patients, 18 addressed family caregivers, and five addressed health-care providers. 56 reviews did not target a specific phase of the cancer continuum, whereas 48 reviews tended to address the active treatment phase. 29 reviews included a meta-analysis, with results showing positive effects on quality of life, psychological outcomes, and screening behaviours. 83 reviews did not report intervention implementation outcomes but when reported, 36 reported acceptability, 32 feasibility, and 29 fidelity outcomes. Several notable gaps were identified in these literature reviews on digital health and telehealth in cancer care. No reviews specifically addressed older adults, bereavement, or sustainability of interventions and only two reviews focused on comparing telehealth to in-person interventions. Addressing these gaps with rigorous systematic reviews might help guide continued innovation in remote cancer care, particularly for older adults and bereaved families, and integrate and sustain these interventions within oncology.
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This scoping review of reviews characterised 134 peer-reviewed literature reviews on digital health and telehealth interventions in cancer care published from database inception to May 1, 2022. It found a rapidly growing but uneven evidence base, with positive meta-analytic signals for some outcomes and major gaps in older adults, bereavement, provider wellness, implementation sustainability, and comparisons with in-person care.
Key findings
- 134 reviews met eligibility criteria; 77 were published since 2020, and the median number of studies included per review was 16 (range 0–121).
- 128 reviews (95·5%) addressed patient-level interventions, 18 (13·4%) included caregiver-level studies, and 5 (3·7%) addressed provider-level interventions; no reviews focused on older adult patients with cancer or caregivers.
- 29 reviews (21·6%) included a meta-analysis; positive effects were most commonly reported for quality of life (11 positive, 6 null), depression (9 positive, 4 null), anxiety (8 positive, 3 null), self-efficacy (5 positive, no null), physical activity (4 positive, 1 null), and cancer screenings (4 positive, no null).
- 83 reviews (61·9%) did not report implementation outcomes; when reported, acceptability was extracted in 36 (26·9%), feasibility in 32 (23·9%), and fidelity in 29 (21·6%), with no reviews extracting penetration or sustainability.
Methods
- Scoping review of reviews registered in INPLASY (protocol 3635) and reported per PRISMA for Scoping Reviews; searches covered PubMed, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Cochrane Reviews, and Web of Science from database inception to May 1, 2022.
- Eligible records were English or English-translated peer-reviewed literature reviews using a systematic search method, focused on cancer populations and digital health or telehealth interventions as defined by the US Health Resources and Services Administration.
- Screening and data extraction were done in duplicate with Rayyan and Qualtrics; data were tabled and summarised, and implementation outcomes were categorised post hoc using Proctor and colleagues’ terminology.
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- The paper states that as a scoping review of reviews, identified gaps only establish that a review was not identified in a given area and might not generalise to the primary literature; it also notes that restricting to cancer could miss disease-agnostic reviews and that health equity information such as racial/ethnic composition or rurality was not extracted.
- Evident from the results: no reviews specifically addressed older adults, bereavement, sustainability of interventions, or oncology provider wellbeing, and only two reviews focused on comparing telehealth to in-person interventions.
- Evident from the results: 44 of 134 reviews (32·8%) did not report a quality or bias assessment, and 83 of 134 (61·9%) did not report implementation-related outcomes.
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“Although often assumed that digital health or telehealth interventions are a poor fit for older adults, there is substantial promise for this type of care to support independent ageing.148”
§ Digital health and telehealth in cancer care: a scoping review of reviews > Discussion > Opportunities in populations
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- Supportedcites [148] Evangelista, 2019, Digital health care for older adults, Lancet source
The Digital medicine section says digital health technologies promise to help overcome barriers to healthy, independent ageing. It also identifies age-related obstacles to adoption, including visual and dexterity limitations and lack of confidence, while describing technologies that can support older adults living independently. Page numbers were not supplied. (LLM, conf=0.91)
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“77 of those reviews were published since 2020.”
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“128 reviews summarised interventions intended for patients”
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“five addressed health-care providers”
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“56 reviews did not target a specific phase of the cancer continuum”
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“Following screening, 134 reviews met the eligibility criteria.”
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“The remaining 134 reviews met eligibility criteria and were included in the synthesis.”
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“18 addressed family caregivers”
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“48 reviews tended to address the active treatment phase.”
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“29 reviews included a meta-analysis”
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“29 reviews (21·6%) included a meta-analysis of all or a subset of their included studies.”
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“Approximately one-fifth of the reviews included a meta-analysis”
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“with three specifically discussing these findings in a dedicated section.”
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“self-efficacy (five positive, no null)”
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“anxiety (eight positive, three null)”
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“Across meta-analyses, the most examined outcome was quality of life: 11 meta-analyses reported positive effects of interventions relative to control and six reported null findings.”
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“Meta-analyses also frequently reported positive findings for interventions for outcomes including depression (nine positive effects, four null effects)”
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“Most of the implementation outcomes data were extracted from early-stage research studies, with few reviews focusing on the implementation of digital health and telehealth interventions into routine care.”
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“Although there were reviews of interventions that could plausibly be fully automated,12, 13, 14, 18, 21, 36, 38, 52, 66 eligibility criteria did not require full automation, and incorporation of clinical support was unclear.”
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“distress (two positive, two null)”
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“pain (three positive, four null)”
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“a study of mobile applications that use AI to diagnose skin cancer or melanoma from skin lesion pictures, which concluded that evidence was insufficient (by the time of the review) to rely on AI to identify all diagnoses.22”
§ Digital health and telehealth in cancer care: a scoping review of reviews > Discussion > Opportunities in interventions
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- Not checked yetcites [22] Freeman, 2020, Algorithm based smartphone apps to assess risk of skin cancer in adults: systematic review of diagnostic accuracy studies, BMJ source
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“One of the earliest identified reviews, Sanchez and colleagues’ 2013 review, stands out in its application of implementation frameworks to their review of internet-based cancer prevention and control interventions.124 This review highlighted the need for more pragmatic trial designs”
§ Digital health and telehealth in cancer care: a scoping review of reviews > Discussion > Opportunities in implementation outcomes
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- Not checked yetcites [124] Sanchez, 2013, A systematic review of eHealth cancer prevention and control interventions: new technology, same methods and designs?, Transl Behav Med source
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“Included reviews were published as early as 2010, with a notable increase beginning in 2018”
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“Overall, most reviews focused on interventions delivered to patients with cancer in the active treatment and survivorship phases using eHealth programs, synchronous calls by telephone or videoconferencing, and mobile applications.”
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“The median number of studies included in the reviews was 16 (range: 0–121).”
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“physical activity (four positive, one null)”
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“Common conclusions drawn by reviews were that digital health and telehealth interventions were feasible and effective, but the need for larger-scale and robust efficacy testing remains.”
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“reviews since that time frequently concluded that findings were preliminary and more robust, larger-scale studies were needed.”
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“fatigue (five positive effects, five null effects)”
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“five (3·7%) included the term integrative”
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“Kiss and colleagues89 focused on self-guided interventions but included those with minimal facilitation.”
§ Digital health and telehealth in cancer care: a scoping review of reviews > Discussion > Opportunities in interventions
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- Not checked yetcites [89] Kiss, 2019, Technology-supported self-guided nutrition and physical activity interventions for adults with cancer: systematic review, JMIR Mhealth Uhealth source
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“cancer screenings (four positive, no null)”
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“seven (5·2%) included the term scoping”
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“which was pilot tested by coders.”
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“The protocol was registered (INPLASY protocol 3635)7”
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- Not checked yetcites [7] Shaffer
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“Full-text articles were reviewed by two of eight authors (KMS, KLT, CS, BDG, RU, JVG, RJF, or CAL), with discrepancies resolved by KMS or RU.”
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“Unpublished and grey literature were not pursued.”
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“Coders were not masked to journals or authors during screening.”
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“we adhered to PRISMA for Scoping Reviews guidelines.8”
§ Digital health and telehealth in cancer care: a scoping review of reviews > Methods
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- Not checked yetcites [8] Tricco, 2018, PRISMA extension for scoping reviews (PRISMA-ScR): checklist and explanation, Ann Intern Med source
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“Data were extracted in duplicate via a pre-defined online survey.”
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“Data were extracted independently by two of eight authors (KMS, KLT, CS, BDG, RU, JVG, RJF, CAL), with discrepancies resolved by KMS, RU, or JVG.”
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“Because we restricted the scope of our review to cancer, there could be reviews pertinent to identified gaps that are disease-agnostic.”
§ Digital health and telehealth in cancer care: a scoping review of reviews > Discussion > Limitations
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“study titles and abstracts were reviewed by two of three coders (KMS, RU, or JVG). Discrepancies between coders were resolved by consensus.”
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“the identified gaps in the literature only establish that a review was not identified in a given area of remote cancer care, which might not generalise to the primary literature.”
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“Articles were not blinded during data extraction.”
§ Digital health and telehealth in cancer care: a scoping review of reviews > Methods > Data extraction and summary
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“Delivering interventions by telephone and internet—via phone calls, videoconferencing, mobile applications, and web pages—can reduce the time burdens of cancer treatment1 and extend access to evidence-based interventions”
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“Given the serious toll of the COVID-19 pandemic on health-care workers,160”
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- Not checked yetcites [160] Dillon, 2022, Women, younger clinicians', and caregivers' experiences of burnout and well-being during COVID-19 in a US healthcare system, J Gen Intern Med source
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“fully automated interventions provide greater scalability, accessibility, and cost-effectiveness.163”
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- Not checked yetcites [163] Muñoz, 2022, Harnessing psychology and technology to contribute to making health care a universal human right, Cogn Behav Pract source
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“one study of patients with uro-oncological cancer suggests similar interest in remote patient monitoring with digital technologies between older and younger patients, with older patients even reporting to be willing to engage with digital technologies as part of trials more frequently than younger patients.152”
§ Digital health and telehealth in cancer care: a scoping review of reviews > Discussion > Opportunities in populations
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- Not checked yetcites [152] Rodler, 2021, Patients' perspective on digital technologies in advanced genitourinary cancers, Clin Genitourin Cancer source
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“As caregivers’ health-related needs and grief reactions differ by disease context,158, 159”
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- Not checked yetcites [158] Secinti, 2021, Health-related quality of life: a comparative analysis of caregivers of people with dementia, cancer, COPD/emphysema, and diabetes and noncaregivers, 2015–2018 BRFSS, Ann Behav Med source
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The COVID-19 pandemic required remote cancer care delivery and accelerated its growth.
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Digital health and telehealth practices can facilitate collaborative care across disciplines and overcome barriers family caregivers face in accessing their own health care.
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Digital health practices can scale interventions to be more accessible and cost-effective by reducing reliance on health-care personnel.
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Bereavement care for families is traditionally part of comprehensive palliative care.
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This review is the first comprehensive scoping review of reviews on digital health and telehealth interventions across the cancer continuum.
“In this first-of-its-kind comprehensive scoping review of reviews on digital health and telehealth interventions across the cancer continuum, we summarised the existing review literature and identified several gaps.”
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“Many of these adaptations, initially introduced as emergency responses, are moving towards becoming sustainable and are being increasingly recognized as important strategies for addressing ongoing workforce shortages, improving access, and strengthening health system resilience in the post-pandemic era [2,3,5,6].”
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“In general, digital health is assuming an increasingly significant role in the management of non-communicable internal diseases due to innovative approaches, such as the improvement of clinical decision-making through longitudinal monitoring of health-related parameters, also for cancer [32].”
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Qualitative Classification of Late Systemic Symptoms in Head and Neck Cancer Survivors
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“While not new per se, telemedicine and tele-rehabilitation services [45] have become more sophisticated, enabling head and neck cancer survivors to access specialized care and support remotely, improving healthcare accessibility.”
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A Systematic Review of Telehealth Applications in Endocrinology
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Digital health interventions for oncofertility in female patients: a systematic review
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“Such differences in design may influence outcomes related to user engagement, intervention persistence, and emotional or cognitive effects, beyond mere platform accessibility [24].”
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“However, knowledge gaps have been identified regarding older adults with cancer (Shaffer et al., 2023).”
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Integrating mHealth Innovations into Decentralized Oncology Trials
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“Similarly, automated platforms for PROs support continuous symptom monitoring and enable timely treatment adjustments without requiring in-person visits (67).”
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AI and digital health for childhood cancer care in Ghana
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Integrating digital solutions improves mental health management in cancer care
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Metadata
- Authors
- Shaffer, K. M., Turner, K. L., Siwik, C., Gonzalez, B. D., Upasani, R., Glazer, J. V., Ferguson, R. J., Joshua, C., & Low, C. A.
- Affiliations
- University of Virginia (US)
- Moffitt Cancer Center (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- Corresponding author
- Shaffer, Kelly M
- ORCID
- Venue
- The Lancet Digital Health
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2023-05
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- e316-e327
- ISSN
- 2589-7500 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC10124999
- OpenAlex
- W4366818779
- Semantic Scholar
- 36b38e0cea6f96900f44dbc9e69c6a4fe4cf7e1d
- Cited by
- 263
- References
- 156
- Citations by year
- 2026: 98 · 2025: 87 · 2024: 67 · 2023: 11
- FWCI
- 13.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- The Lancet Digital Health (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Cancer Institute (P30CA076292, R37CA242545, P30CA047904)
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (L30 AT011624, T32AT003997)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer survivorship and care
- Keywords
- digital health, telemedicine, cancer care, COVID-19 pandemic, family caregivers, quality of life, psychological outcomes, cancer screening, older adults, bereavement, intervention sustainability
- MeSH terms
- COVID-19, Aged, Delivery of Health Care, Humans, Neoplasms, Quality of Life, Review Literature as Topic, Telemedicine, Pandemics
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