Best Practices in Lung Cancer Navigation

Educating Patients About the Need to Wait for Biomarker Test Results

Video Library —June 8, 2021

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Interview with the Innovators
Kammi Fox-Kay, MSN, RN, AOCNS, ONN-CG(T)
Thoracic Oncology Nurse Navigator
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, Illinois
Cathy Simmons, RN, BSN, ONN-CG(T)
Thoracic Oncology Navigator
Sarah Cannon Cancer Institute
Plano, Texas
Lauren Welch, MSN, NP-C, AOCNP
Nurse Practitioner
Tennessee Oncology
Nashville, TN
Lauren Welch, Kammi Fox-Kay, and Cathy Simmons discuss their approaches to educating patients on the importance of waiting for biomarker testing before starting therapy for non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) to individualize therapy with the treatment that is best suited for their cancer and to achieve the best outcomes.
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