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Penny Daugherty, RN, MS, OCN, Oncology Nurse Navigator, Northside Hospital Cancer Institute, Atlanta, GA, presents an overview of complementary and alternative medicine.

In her presentation at the East Coast Regional Meeting of the Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators, Ms Wendy Porter discussed regulations related to insurance coverage of clinical trials and how to remove barriers to such coverage.

Metrics are the key to demonstrating the value of navigation along the cancer care continuum. Navigation metrics can demonstrate the benefit of the program to the institution and demonstrate the value of the navigator.

The Commission on Cancer (CoC) is a consortium of professional organizations dedicated to improving survival and quality of life for cancer patients through standard setting, prevention, research, education, and the monitoring of comprehensive quality care. The AONN+ is a CoC member organization.

Nancy Gordon, PhD, offers strategies that nurse navigators can use in the care of cancer patients to help strengthening the body through strengthening the mind and spirit with the goal of improving outcomes.

Compared with other cancers, ovarian cancer is relatively rare, accounting for just 1.3% of all new cancer cases in the United States.

I hope this issue of the Journal of Oncology Navigation & Survivorship (JONS) finds you well and enjoying all the summer has to offer.

In recent years, we have heard that cancer is becoming a chronic condition with patients benefiting from personalized treatment strategies, including biomarker identification and related targeted therapies and immunotherapies.

The authors present findings from their study on the potential of centralized virtual navigation for low-income populations to improve treatment completion.

A report on the important role of patient navigation in targeting those who are most at risk for delays in care, including racial and ethnic minorities and those from low-income populations.