Journal of Oncology Navigation & Survivorship: The Official Journal of AONN+

The Navigation Difference
Sharon S. Gentry, MSN, RN, HON-ONN-CG, AOCN, CBCN
Filling an Educational Void: AONN+ Announces Cancer Advocacy & Patient Education (CAPE) Lung Cancer Initiative
Cheryl Bellomo, MSN, RN, OCN, HON-ONN-CG, Amy Jo Pixley, MSN, RN, OCN, ONN-CG, Danelle Johnston, MSN, RN, HON-ONN-CG, OCN
Preventing Infections in Cancer Patients Through Collaboration: A CDC Foundation Success Story
Updated NCCN Treatment Guideline for CML Establishes Criteria for Stopping TKI Therapy
Updated NCCN Breast Cancer Treatment Guideline Reflects Expanding Treatment Options for HR-Positive, HER2-Negative Disease
Triple-Drug Regimen Improves Survival in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer with BRAF V600E Mutation
The Good News About Sexuality
Penny Daugherty, RN, MS, OCN, ONN-CG, Margaret Rummel, RN, MHA, OCN, NE-BC, HON-ONN-CG
Oncology Nursing and Cancer Care
Lillie D. Shockney, RN, BS, MAS, HON-ONN-CG, Brenda Nevidjon, MSN, RN, FAAN
Oncology nurses and nurse navigators are positioned on the front lines of cancer care, playing an integral role in patients’ battles against cancer. Ms Shockney and Ms Nevidjon discussed the rapidly changing world that oncology nurses are facing because of COVID-19.

Cancer Patients and COVID-19
Lillie D. Shockney, RN, BS, MAS, HON-ONN-CG
Current Standard of Care for Patients with Multiple Myeloma Based on Their Eligibility for Autologous Stem-Cell Transplant
Charise Gleason, MSN, NP-BC, AOCNP, Kathryn Maples, PharmD, BCOP, Chelsea Sprouse, RN-BSN, MSN, NP-C
Charise Gleason, MSN, NP-BC, AOCNP, Kathryn Maples, PharmD, BCOP, and Chelsea Sprouse, RN-BSN, MSN, NP-C, discuss the current standard of care for both high- and low-risk patients with newly diagnosed or recurrent/refractory multiple myeloma who are initially not eligible for autologous stem-cell transplant and who subsequently become transplant-eligible.
Exploring AONN+ National Evidence-Based Navigation Metrics Outcomes at ACCC
Danelle Johnston, MSN, RN, HON-ONN-CG, OCN, and Tricia Strusowski, RN, MS, recapped their recent presentation from the ACCC 46th Annual Meeting & Cancer Center Business Summit, in which they discussed the National Evidence-Based Oncology Navigation Metrics: Multisite Exploratory Study to Demonstrate Value and Sustainability of Navigation Programs. The study was launched in June 2018 as a collaborative effort between the Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators (AONN+), Chartis Oncology Solutions, and the American Cancer Society (ACS).