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The culmination of a mission to create standardized metrics by which navigation programs can demonstrate outcomes and value, the AONN+ Navigation Metrics Toolkit provides guidance for putting the metrics into practice.

In a timely keynote presentation that struck home for navigators, Bina Parekh, PhD, discussed the profound impact of vicarious trauma and how to develop the resilience to transform it into something positive.

Amid the anguish of a cancer diagnosis, childbearing may be far from a patient’s mind. However, fertility preservation is an important consideration, which providers must be prepared to discuss.

After experiencing multiple struggles during his own journey toward becoming a breast cancer survivor, Bret Miller, co-founder of the Male Breast Cancer Coalition, is sharing his experiences to raise awareness and ease the burden of other men with the disease.

Although rare, cancers of unknown primary origin present a quandary for clinicians. Fortunately, the pathology team is equipped with an array of tools to help narrow down the malignancy site so that patients can receive the best possible treatment.

Underrepresented in cancer clinical trials, racial and ethnic minorities often miss out on the benefits of research participation. Educating potential participants on clinical trials can increase enrollment among populations that have been commonly overlooked.

Prioritizing quality over quantity of care, value-based care and the alternative payment models it incorporates are complicated concepts to master. A primer for navigators dispelled some of this complexity.

Personalities clash in any workplace, and clinical settings are no exception. By learning communication techniques to defuse conflicts, navigators can keep personal battles at bay and remain focused on what matters most—patient care.

Explaining its worthy undertaking of bringing navigation to countries of low and middle income, representatives of the American Cancer Society Building Expertise, Advocacy, and Capacity for Oncology Navigation (BEACON) initiative discussed the development of a toolkit for navigation program development.

In a 3-part presentation, the AONN+ Policy and Advocacy Committee shared its work and goals, discussed COVID-19 and its impact on patients with cancer, and provided an update on Medicaid expansion.