WomenCAN: Promoting and advancing women’s health and wellbeing after cancer

Australia has over 400,000 female cancer survivors and many experience short and long-term symptoms which have an impact on their day to day living. These include infertility, menopausal symptoms, mood and sleep disturbance, sexual dysfunction and fatigue. Despite growing evidence for self-management and online interventions, there is currently no easily accessible, reliable centralised resource for women that can help them manage these symptoms them selves and the pathways to seek specialist care are often unclear.  We aim to build and assess an online resource (WomenCAN) that addresses areas that women have identified as needing help. This tool will use a stepped-care approach that gives women the level of care that is best suited to the symptoms they are having. This care may be in the form of reliable online information, online self-management tools and pathways for GP and specialist care. WomenCAN will transform clinical management after breast and ovarian cancer by delivering high-impact interventions resulting in enhanced quality of life and function over a short time scale at low cost. By creating an integrated platform for symptom management, WomenCAN will accelerate the translation of research into practice. By doing this, WomenCAN will empower patients and reduce disparities in cancer care. We will assess the impact of WomenCAN on quality-of-life, satisfaction, and intention to continue accessing the tool.