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The Institute of Medicine (IOM) 2013 report recommends that supportive oncology care start at cancer diagnosis; the Commission on Cancer (CoC) Standard 3.2 requires distress screening and indicated action.

The burden of cancer has largely focused on the patient. However, caregivers also experience considerable burden.

Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) is a supportive therapy that is currently underutilized in the outpatient oncology setting.

Since the inception of the oncology nurse navigator (ONN) program at Memorial Hermann Hospital System (MHHS) in 2009, the role of the ONN was vastly misunderstood, and the overall potential benefits for the hospital and patient were undefined.

The Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators conducted a 1.5-day live conference April 27-29, 2017, in Phoenix, AZ.

Navigation is defined as the “guiding force promoting the timely movement of the patient through a complex system of care.”

Multidisciplinary care is recognized as a sign of quality cancer care according to several organizations, including the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the Institute of Medicine, the National Cancer Institute Community Cancer Centers Program (NCCCP), and the Oncology Roundtable.

The number of cancer survivors is increasing because of advances in detection and treatment.

Transitions in care require well-managed timing and sequencing of events across specialties.

As people with a history of cancer are living longer and surviving their cancer, today it is estimated that there are 14 million cancer survivors in the United States.