Sandra L. Wong

INTRODUCTION Collecting electronic patient reported outcomes (ePROs) reduces symptom burden, improves quality of life, and extends survival in patients with cancer.1-4 The expanded availability of electronic health records and patient portals has simplified the process of collecting ePROs. Despite this, routine use of electronic symptom management programs remains limited, perhaps because there is a lack of agreement on how these programs should be structured and there are major barriers to...

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Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) are crucial tools for clinicians seeking to deliver evidence-based patient care. We utilized the Reporting Items for practice Guidelines in HealThcare (RIGHT) checklist to assess the reporting quality of CPGs addressing the management of rectal cancer.