ribbons

About ribbons

"ribbons" is an app that aims to help cancer patients share their treatment diaries to support each other and reduce the burden of treatment. We also incorporate the knowledge and experience of pharmacists into the app to support your drug therapy.


・Total support for the days when you face treatment
・Easily input your daily physical condition
・Record of side effects that is easy to convey to medical professionals
・Alert function that recommends contacting the hospital
- Central management of dosing times and test results
・Support stamps connected through blogs
・Introducing useful information and advantageous information for treatment
・One-point advice delivered every day
・Search for users who have something in common
・Share your diary with your family and input on their behalf
・Share symptoms with medical professionals in real time


[01. "Treatment Diary" Total support for the days facing treatment]
Easy input of daily physical condition & side effect alert function
- Easy input with one tap even when you are not feeling well. You can record your symptoms in detail with notes and blogs, and manage medication intake times and test results all at once. The side effect alert function automatically picks up the side effects of each medication, and displays an alert that recommends consulting a hospital depending on the severity of the symptoms.
[02. "Timeline" Delivering recommended information to you]
Support other users' blogs and introduce information useful for treatment
- Prioritize display of blogs of users with whom you have a lot in common. You can support us with the stamp function like on SNS. We also introduce useful information for treatment, one-point advice from pharmacists, and valuable information every day.
[03. “Search” to find users who have something in common]
Search treatment diary by narrowing down the conditions
- Search for other users' treatment diaries by narrowing down conditions such as the same anti-cancer drug, the same cancer site, the same age group, etc. You can refer to side effects and ways to improve your lifestyle. Users who are interested can bookmark and support us anytime.
[04. “Share” Share your diary with family and medical professionals]
Share your treatment diary with your family and healthcare professionals
- Share your treatment diary in real time using a two-dimensional code. Even family members who are far away can feel at ease because they can check their physical condition through the app. If you are not feeling well, your family can input information on your behalf. Since it can be shared with medical professionals at hospitals and pharmacies, it is possible to detect and respond to side effects early. Side effects are also recorded in accordance with CTCAE, making it easy to communicate to medical professionals. (CTCAE: Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events)


・The purpose of this service is for cancer patients to share their treatment diaries and provide mutual support with other cancer patients. Please use this service after agreeing to this purpose.
-By posting their own treatment diary on the app, users are deemed to have consented to that information being made public to an unspecified number of users.
- The functions and information provided by this service are not intended to diagnose, treat, or prevent disease, and are not a substitute for medical treatment or treatment provided by a medical professional.
・Persons using this service should always give priority to the instructions of the attending physician and other medical professionals, and be sure to consult the medical institution regarding individual treatment, problems, or questions.


The lives of each cancer patient are full of color, like so many ribbons, and by tying them together, they can support other patients. I want it to be a place like that. The name "ribbons" contains such a wish. Ribbons is an app that was created through repeated dialogue between the developers, pharmacists, and cancer patients. ``I wish this function existed,'' ``I can't communicate my symptoms properly at the hospital,'' ``I want the design to be warm,'' and ``I want my experience to be useful to others.'' We have compiled many voices like this into one app. We sincerely hope that the ribbons will become a place of mutual support and that all people fighting cancer will be able to spend their days peacefully.