Short-term home remote monitoring of patients after lung cancer surgery

Lung cancer remains the most common malignant tumor worldwide, accounting for the majority of cancer-related deaths. The main treatment for lung cancer is surgery. For patients with lung cancer who undergo surgical treatment, the current hospitalization time is short, and postoperative complications and the readmission and mortality rates are significantly higher. Therefore, to allow patients to better recover and monitor changes in their health conditions, remote monitoring might be a suitable approach. Several studies have shown that remote monitoring at home could be highly valuable in a wide range of surgical patients, and the application is practically feasible. Compared to traditional follow-up methods, the new technology can enable to understand the changes in patients’ conditions more comprehensively and relay the information instantly to the physicians and researchers. Hence, it is necessary to promote the application of this technology in patients with lung cancer surgery for improved outcomes in long-term follow-up.