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By integrating patient navigators into healthcare systems, expanding workforce training, and fostering meaningful partnerships, we can move closer to a future where health equity is not just an ideal but a reality.

Since its inception more than 3 decades ago, patient navigation has evolved to include multiple disciplines such as nursing, social work, financial services, genetic counseling, and nutrition, all working to address health equity through patient-centered care.

During last year’s AONN+ Midyear Conference, Carol Evans, CEO and executive director of SHARE Cancer Support, discussed how the organization serves diverse patients diagnosed with cancer.

Understanding the basics of what cancer care involves is foundational for oncology patient navigators. In the second installment of Navigation Refresh, we dive into the continuum of cancer care, cancer risk factors, detection, diagnosis, and treatment.

A CATCH is a navigation success story where a navigation tactic improved a patient’s situation. This month, we profile the experience of a navigator who coordinated staging scans for her patient to ensure they were completed the day before the patient had her oncology consultation.

It is important that all navigators fully understand biosimilars so that they can address the “nocebo” effect and help implement strategies to optimize their use, ensuring that patients receive cost-effective treatment without compromising quality of care.

An exciting new chapter begins for JONS as we welcome Harold P. Freeman, MD, to our Board as Editor Emeritus.

As biosimilars increase in the care arena of cancer treatment, it is critical that patients be informed of this classification of treatment in a way that allows for shared decision-making.

In this debut of a JONS regular feature focused on keeping oncology navigators at the forefront of their field, Mandi L. Pratt-Chapman, PhD, MA, HON-OPN-CG, explores recent revisions to the George Washington Cancer Center’s Oncology Patient Navigator Training program.

Researchers who evaluated the versatility and efficacy of the National Oncology Navigation Acuity Tool share their findings and suggest that the tool could become an essential asset in streamlining oncology care and maximizing the effectiveness of patient navigation services.