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Editor-in-Chief Dr. Sue Yom discusses electronic patient-reported outcomes (ePROs) with Dr. Kaitlyn Lapen, a radiation oncology resident at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center who was first author of an article describing ePRO implementation in a November 2021 article, "Development and Pilot Implementation of a Remote Monitoring System for Acute Toxicity Using Electronic Patient-Reported Outcomes for Patients Undergoing Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer"; and Dr. Patricia Holch, Reader in Applied Health Psychology from Leeds Beckett University and Dr. Galina Velikova, Professor of Psychosocial and Medical Oncology from Leeds University and the Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust, who first- and last-authored an article this month describing a randomized study of ePROs versus usual care among patients receiving pelvic radiotherapy, entitled "Online Symptom Monitoring During Pelvic Radiation Therapy: Randomized Pilot Trial of the eRAPID Intervention". We review major findings from these two publications and anticipated future developments in ePROs.