November 2021 Vol 12, No 11

Lung cancer has the highest mortality of all tumor sites, with more deaths than breast, colon, and prostate cancers combined.

Like most urology practices, Skyline Urology in California had the challenge of juggling scheduled patients with several unscheduled patients with acute urinary tract infection (UTI) symptoms.

Genesis Healthcare Partners (GHP), in San Diego, CA, has been proactively seeking effective solutions to improve prostate cancer (PCa) advancement detection rates.

Nurse navigators play a vital role in promoting quality oncology care to all patients.

Enrollment rates for cancer clinical trials, estimated to be as low as 8% nationally with significant variability based on patient demographics, have been an ongoing barrier to scientific advances in oncology care.

Metastatic breast cancer patients report a lack of information tailored to their diagnosis.

Patient navigation programs assist in the management of patients with complex medical problems.

According to a 2013 Institute of Medicine report, cancer treatment costs are escalating rapidly and resulting in less affordable care options for patients.

As the healthcare landscape is evolving from independent hospitals to large healthcare systems, the challenge of standardizing programs such as navigation becomes paramount to ensuring best practices and service consistency.

Timely integration of palliative care (PC) in the management of patients with advanced cancer is a quality benchmark in oncology. PC is often underutilized due to delayed identification and referral of appropriate patients.