Virtual reality (VR) is uniquely positioned to improve patient understanding of cancer and its treatments. During clinical consultations, radiation oncology staff use a mobile VR cart to provide 3D patient-specific CT, MRI, and PET-CT imaging to enhance provider and patient interaction, improve patient education, and reduce patient distress. Hear results from a clinical study that captured both quantitative and qualitative data on patient acceptance and perceived usefulness of VR in cancer education and treatment.
3-D Virtual Reality Takes Patient Education to the Next Level, written by Douglas E. Holt, MD, details how the University of Colorado Cancer Center, UCHealth-Oncology Services revolutionized the way we think about patient education in radiation oncology. Learn how this program—and 2021 ACCC Innovator Award winner—piloted the use of virtual reality to show patients their tumor, where it is in their body, and how their radiation treatment plan will work.
