Key Takeaways
- Breast cancer goes beyond treatment, wellbeing and continuity matter
- Long-term treatments mean patients need support that fits into daily life, not just the clinic.
- MyTherapy helps bridge gaps between medication, wellbeing, and doctor visits
When Treatment Becomes Daily Life
Each year, around 70,000 people in Germany receive a breast cancer diagnosis. For many, treatment begins with surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation. Yet the journey often continues for years, with therapies such as endocrine treatment lasting five years or longer.
The challenge is not only clinical but also deeply personal. It means living with side effects, balancing co-medications, and trying to maintain a sense of normality in daily life. Over time, wellbeing becomes as important as the treatment itself.
What the Journey Can Feel Like
Imagine a patient starting long-term therapy. At the beginning, motivation is high. The treatment routine is followed carefully. But as months pass, fatigue builds. Some days are harder than others. Side effects interfere with sleep, mood, or energy. Slowly, small lapses can creep in, not because the therapy is less important, but because the weight of managing everything alone becomes overwhelming.
This is where support makes a difference.
Wellbeing as a Measure of Health
Data from MyTherapy shows that around 1,693 breast cancer patients (12%) track their wellbeing scores. On average, scores decline in the first year after treatment starts. This simple metric tells an important story: treatment affects not only the body but also emotional and mental health.
When patients can track how they feel, not just how they medicate, it creates space for meaningful conversations with doctors. Wellbeing becomes visible, not hidden behind lab results or rushed appointments.
Staying Connected with Doctors
Appointments are milestones in treatment, moments for reassurance, adjustments, or guidance. Yet not all patients stay in regular contact with their oncologists.
MyTherapy data shows that 15% of patients booked more than 27,000 doctor appointments through the app.
Most were with general practitioners or dentists. This shows how integrated digital tools have become, but it also points to an opportunity: helping patients prioritize regular oncology visits as part of their long-term care.
Appointments are more than check-ins. They are a chance to talk about sleep, side effects, or wellbeing, the parts of life that rarely appear in clinical data but matter deeply for quality of life.
The Role of Digital Support
Digital tools like MyTherapy fill the quiet spaces between appointments. For patients, this means:
• Tracking co-medications to ensure safe therapy management
• Recording wellbeing to reflect emotional and physical changes
• Booking check-ups that keep them connected to their care teams
• Bringing a complete picture of health into the doctor’s office
For healthcare providers and pharma, these patterns offer valuable insights into how patients are truly living with their treatment, insights that can shape interventions and ensure support reaches patients when they need it most.
A More Complete Picture of Care
Breast cancer treatment is rarely just about medicine. It is about finding ways to maintain energy, balance daily life, and sustain hope throughout years of therapy.
By supporting patients in managing both their treatment and their wellbeing, digital platforms like MyTherapy create a more complete picture of care, one that recognizes the importance of health in every sense, not only clinical.
Because in the end, treatment success is not only measured in outcomes, but also in the daily moments when patients feel supported, connected, and less alone on their journey.
Putting wellbeing at the heart of breast cancer care
Learn how MyTherapy can complement breast cancer therapies with personalized patient support that drives persistence and improves quality of life.