App help for cancer

A NEW app is giving women with ovarian cancer some control back by allowing them to monitor in real time their tumour markers.

Tumour markers are specific substances, usually proteins found in blood, urine or body tissues that are produced by the body in response to cancer growth.

Elevated levels often indicate a recurrence of cancer.

“If we can give patients a sense of control of the tumour marker that would improve anxiety,” gynaecological oncologist Professor Andreas Obermair said.