Original Research

A self-administered questionnaire was distributed to a convenience sample of cancer survivors (N = 237) attending an annual cancer survivors’ day organized by a community cancer center.

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.

Current literature suggest that patients with cancer experience distress.

Nurse navigation and distress monitoring will go hand in hand as the American College of Surgeons’ Commission on Cancer institutes its Cancer Program Standards 2012: Ensuring Patient-Centered Care as part of its accreditation standards beginning January 1, 2012.

Breast cancer accounts for 1 in every 3 cancers diagnosed in American women today. About 155,000 women are living with metastatic breast cancer in the United States, and this number is expected to increase to 162,000 in 2011.

Extensive reports have documented the relationship between lifestyle changes and morbidity/ mortality associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD).

Patient navigation in cancer care refers to the individualized care provided to breast cancer patients, families, and caregivers to ease multiple barriers and facilitate timely access to qualified medical and psychosocial care.

Exculuding skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common cancer among women and is the second-leading cause of cancer death in women.

The Norma F. Pfriem Breast Care Center (NPBCC) is a comprehensive breast care center, providing screening, diagnosis, treatment, outreach, and supportive services.

Cancer patients face a myriad of psychosocial and practical issues.

The American Cancer Society estimates that over 1.6 million new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in the United States in 2012.

Coordinating care; overcoming patient, provider, and health system barriers; and reducing delays across the care continuum have been long-standing challenges for healthcare managers.

The findings of this study highlight the importance of navigation services throughout the cancer journey and the value of the LIVESTRONG model. Because adequate psychosocial care is not available across many oncology care settings, services outside the clinical setting can help meet cancer survivors’ needs.

This study evaluated the impact of the 3-year NCCCP pilot program.

The objective of this study was to describe physical and functional impairments after cancer, and whether physical therapy was utilized to address impairments among cancer survivors from the Boston Puerto Rican Health Study.

The authors describe the development of a web-based navigation application, study design, conduct of the study, and the results of the usability assessment of the navigation application by trial participants.

The authors present their report on decreasing the time between the physician’s order for LDCT and date of actual screening.

Improving education and intervention by oncology nurse navigators (ONNs) promotes effective symptom management in patients receiving oral chemotherapy.

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

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.

The objective of this project is to present a nationwide picture of the ACS navigation program, using newly standardized reporting.

Patient navigation (PN) interventions are increasingly used in cancer care research and practice with unclear results regarding their effectiveness. Meta-analyses are a powerful tool to determine the effectiveness of interventions.

Implementation of the imaging nurse navigator role has helped remove barriers for breast care delivery surrounding access, timeliness, volumes, and outmigration.

In this review, we will reflect on tools currently available to a clinician involved in the treatment of patients with breast cancer and shed light on emerging technologies that may be utilized in the near future.

The authors present the development and field test results of a web-based, breast cancer survivorship care planning system.