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mHealth apps and cancer : What is going on? Alejandro (Alex) R. Jadad, MD DPhil University Health Network University of Toronto ajadad@ehealthinnovation.org ajadad@gmail.com Twitter: ajadad LinkedIn: alexjadad

A compact computer program (application) written for mobile devices What is a mobile “app”?

Why such a fuss?

Apple sells more iPhones than humans make babies

Time using apps has exceeded web browsing in North America by 50%

How many native apps on cancer? Apple% Android% Blackberry% Nokia% N'='625% N'='480% N'='129% N'='80% Total&Search&Yield/ N&=&1,314/ Excluded/ N&=&1,005/ Included/ N&=&309/

Native cancer apps on leading markets Blackberry% Nokia% 6%% 3%% Android% 45%% Apple% 46%%

Cost Free% Range: $1 to $12 Fee% 51%% 49%% Median: $1

Over 45% focus on breast cancer Neuro% Liver% Only 37% provide release Kidney% Pancreatic% dates Colorectal% Female% 60% do not report Blood% Gyne% affiliations Pediatric% Lung% GI% Skin% General% Breast% 0/ 20/ 40/ 60/ 80/ 100/ 120/ 140/ 160/

Few are of direct clinical value 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0%

Information (n = 82; 27%)

Fundraising (n = 44; 14%)

Prevention or early detection (n = 42; 14%)

Some fancy work is emerging…

Promotional (n = 31; 10%)

Disease Management (n = 13; 10%)

Peer Support (n = 3; 1%)

Bravo!

Apps for cancer research?

Are specialized tools needed?

Native apps with RFID tags

Technological convergence!

We must be ready for a change of era! What next?

The team behind the work… Rossini Yue Laetitia Daecken Jackie Bender Matthew To