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Disease symptoms and treatment complications can profoundly affect quality of life (QOL) in patients (pts) with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Here, we compare the QOL and hematologic function of patients treated with frontline ibr versus clb.

Previous studies have suggested that guideline-recommended therapy improves survival and reduces cost among patients with metastatic non–small cell lung cancer (mNSCLC). The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between guideline-recommended initiation of therapy (GRI) in patients with mNSCLC and patient-reported outcomes (PROs), such as health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and patient-reported cancer symptoms.

There is a gap in the literature regarding the key areas that measure the success of navigation programs: patient experience (PE), clinical outcomes (CO), and business performance or return on investment (ROI) metrics that will demonstrate the sustainability of navigation programs.

This fall, the Journal of Oncology Navigation & Survivorship (JONS), the official publication of the Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators (AONN+), will bring you the best our field has to offer, including scientific, evidence-based abstracts from our annual meeting; peer-reviewed original research; and interviews with those on the frontlines of navigation and oncology care at large.

The authors examine cancer survivors’ satisfaction in the transition of care from oncologist to primary care physician (PCP), identify patient and PCP concerns with the transition process, and investigate any perceived barriers to effective transition.

Cancer survivorship is rapidly evolving, with new cancer survivorship care guidelines issued very recently. Stay up-to-date on new information to ensure that practice keeps pace with new guidelines for care.

In this special edition of the Evidence into Practice Newsletter, the authors discuss supporting and empowering patients to make informed decisions, navigating the healthcare system, and building strong partnerships with providers while working toward system improvement to support patient-centered care.

The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) was founded in 1986 to make cancer patients view themselves as survivors, not victims, and to address the many issues that patients encounter during and beyond cancer.

Navigators share the role of patient advocacy and patient empowerment by promoting patient rights, and the way of doing it is with the patient, not for the patient.

JONS editorial board member Mandi Pratt-Chapman advocates for a return to basic ethics to guide us in attending to LGBTQ-specific needs of our healthcare system.