Apple unveiled a first-of-its-kind
app designed to empower breast cancer survivors and fighters to join the
research process as a way to "Share the Journey."
The app, Share the Journey:
Mind, Body and Wellness after Breast Cancer, is part of Apple's new
ResearchKit, a digital toolbox to help hospitals and research centers
bring iPhone users into the world of data collection. The app will track five common experiences during breast cancer
treatment: fatigue, cognitive difficulties, sleep disturbances, mood
changes and a reduction in exercise performance. "We're excited to use these new
ResearchKit tools to expand participant recruitment and quickly gather
even more data through the simple use of an app." UCLA researcher Dr.
Patricia Ganz said. "The data it will provide takes us one step closer
to developing more personalized care."
Apple
joined the UCLA School of Public Health, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute,
Penn Medicine and Sage Bionetworks to create Share the Journey.
Jeff
Williams, Apple's senior vice president of operations, said Monday the
company is working with researchers to develop apps for studies
including diabetes, asthma, Parkinson's disease, breast cancer,
cardiovascular disease. 
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