{"id":468605,"date":"2026-05-31T03:19:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T03:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/468605\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T03:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T03:19:08","slug":"how-a-hong-kong-app-is-a-vital-lifeline-for-76000-patients-navigating-cancer-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/468605\/","title":{"rendered":"How a Hong Kong app is a \u2018vital lifeline\u2019 for 76,000 patients navigating cancer care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Hongkonger Susan Tam, 70, used to wake in the middle of the night, desperate for relief from an unbearable, relentless itch caused by her cancer medication.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Tam, diagnosed with lung cancer a few months ago, tried applying regular moisturiser to soothe severe skin rashes, but in vain.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">She also used aqueous cream, a staple from her time working in a care home for the elderly, and even turned to hot water to numb the irritation, only to find it further inflamed her condition.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">A visit to a family doctor yielded little help, resulting only in more ointments and advice to consult her primary oncologist.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cI did not feel unwell or sick from the cancer at all, until I started taking the cancer drugs,\u201d Tam recalled.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cFortunately, when I was first prescribed the medication, a nurse advised me to download a mobile app that allowed me to contact her with any questions.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hongkonger Susan Tam, 70, used to wake in the middle of the night, desperate for relief from an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":468606,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[217871,165,217870,56713,217869,163,3448,85,46,4145,38163,3083,105278,217868,2047,1651,6388],"class_list":["post-468605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-anti-cancer-society","tag-cancer","tag-cancer-medication","tag-digital-health","tag-dr-wendy-chan-wing-lok","tag-health","tag-hong-kong","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-lung-cancer","tag-mobile-app","tag-nurses","tag-oncologist","tag-rashes","tag-support","tag-university-of-hong-kong","tag-well-being"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=468605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}