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With 11.7 million cancer survivors in the United States, the role of navigation in survivorship is growing. As our population ages, navigators will need to focus on the specific needs of the older and elderly patients they navigate through survivorship care.

Patient care navigation at the Billings Clinic Cancer Center spans the continuum of care from outreach efforts targeted at early detection through survivorship care planning.

Patient navigation and care coordination have been a focus in healthcare for several years because of the fragmentation that commonly occurs among access, diagnosis, and treatment.