AN app that tracks cancer patients’ symptoms can boost their survival by five months.

Patients who told their docs how they were feeling via the programme or helpline lived longer than those who did not.

2 Cancer patients who let doctors monitor symptoms live longer than those who do not, a study shows Credit: Getty Images

A study in North Carolina, US, split 766 people with advanced cancers into two groups.

Those in the app team recorded symptoms from their cancer and the side-effects of treatment.

They lived an average five months longer than non-app users, surviving 31.2 months against 26.

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2 Prof Ethan Basch claims the app lets doctors to manage patient's symptoms

Prof Ethan Basch said the app allowed docs to manage symptoms — so patients were more likely to stick with treatment.

It also cut complications, keeping people out of hospital and bug-free.

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