June 2025 Vol 16, No 6

Discover how oncology navigators play a pivotal role in bridging the gap between patients and clinical trials, enhancing access, understanding, and participation.

Learn about how the Journal of Oncology Navigation & Survivorship and Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators are teaming up to honor the extraordinary contributions of oncology navigators, with the Dr Harold Freeman One Team Award.

Learn how the Virtual Research Nurse framework is breaking down barriers to clinical trial access in underserved community oncology practices.

Discover how patient navigation and technology are breaking barriers to clinical trial access and fostering equity and inclusion in cancer research for underserved communities.

In this installment of Navigation Refresh, learn how patient navigators can drive equitable access to, and informed participation by, diverse populations in oncology clinical trials.

Explore the unique challenges faced by patients with ocular melanoma and discover actionable recommendations to improve care coordination, communication, and survivorship support.

A CATCH is a navigation success story where a navigation tactic improved a patient’s situation. This month, we profile a navigator who used her bilingual skills to help a Latina patient with triple-negative breast cancer successfully enroll in a phase 3 clinical trial.

A peer navigation model that addresses barriers to diverse participation and aims to boost enrollment in childhood cancer therapeutic clinical trials is underway and was presented by one of the study researchers at the 66th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology, held in San Diego, CA.

With former President Joe Biden’s prostate cancer diagnosis being thrust onto the world’s stage, it is imperative that we use this as a teachable opportunity to educate people about the disease—and to highlight how oncology navigators make a difference in prostate cancer care.