Manta Cares: Making Cancer Care Personal With Samira Daswani and Waqas Haque, MD, MPH

Read the full interview on Oncology Data Advisor: https://oncdata.com/manta-cares-samira-daswani Cancer care may look routine on the clinic schedule, but for patients and families it can feel like a disorienting full-time job. In this interview, breast cancer survivor and Manta Cares founder Samira Daswani talks with Waqas Haque, MD, MPH, about her own experience navigating 100+ appointments, multiple specialists, and constant uncertainty—and how it led her to redesign tools that center the patient-lived journey. They discuss how the Manta Cares planner evolved from a personal coping tool into a scalable platform, why designing for real-world health literacy and digital behaviors matters, and how small changes in clinic visits and post-visit guidance can make care feel more humane and navigable. The conversation offers practical ideas for clinicians who want to better recognize and support the invisible workload of cancer. #CancerSurvivorship #PatientExperience #MantaCares #OncologyNursing #CancerCare #HealthLiteracy #PatientCenteredCare #Caregivers #OncologyInnovation #WaqasHaque