The Editor’s Take

January is a time of new beginnings and building resilience by reframing negative habits into more optimistic opportunities. The symbols that represent the month of January are reflective of navigation positive characteristics.

Explore highlights of key progress made in oncology navigation in 2025, including better reimbursement models, improved training, and enhanced support for diverse populations in care and clinical trials.

What makes oncology navigation professionals stand out? Their patient-centered approach bridges the gap between individuals and the complex healthcare system, addressing barriers and enhancing care coordination.

Navigators are more than care coordinators—they are beacons of trust, safety, and belonging. Discover how their work embodies the heart of patient-centered oncology, and how you can shine a light back onto a navigator or team of navigators in your life.

AI and oncology navigators form a powerful duo, with AI handling routine tasks, data analysis, and risk identification, allowing oncology navigators to focus on providing personalized support, addressing complex needs, and reducing disparities.

Learn about how oncology patient navigators are addressing barriers, managing complexities, and supporting patients throughout receipt of immunotherapy into survivorship and beyond.

Explore how navigators optimize patient care by improving access to radiotherapy, educating patients on treatment expectations, managing side effects, and connecting them to essential resources—all while delivering measurable financial and clinical benefits.

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

The adoption of biomarkers and personalized medicine revolutionized healthcare by improving diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment, with navigators playing a critical role in bridging the gap between biomarker technology and patient awareness, access, and education.

Navigation goes beyond just treating the cancer itself and includes addressing the patient’s physical, emotional, and social needs via a diverse team of healthcare professionals who collaborate to develop the best treatment plan for each patient.