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Patient navigators’ personal experiences with cancer: does it have an impact on treatment?

The Journal of Community and Supportive Oncology. 2018 February;16(1):e43-e46 | 10.12788/jcso.0266
February 18, 2018|Hematology and Oncology
Rubin et al
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Carolyn L Rubin, EdD,a Susan Parsons, MD, MRP,b Elizabeth Calhoun, PhD,c Donald J Dudley, MD,d Ji-Hyun Lee, DrPH,e Kristin M Kilbourn, PhD, MPH,f Jessica L Krok-Schoen, PhD,g Steven R Patierno, PhD,h Mechelle Sanders, BA,i Melissa A Simon, MD, MPH,j Victoria Warren-Mears, PhD, RD, LD,k and Karen M Freund, MD, MPHb

aDepartment of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts; bInstitute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts Medical Center, Boston; cUniversity of Illinois, Chicago; dDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas; eUniversity of New Mexico Cancer Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico; fDepartment of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Colorado, Denver; gComprehensive Cancer Center, Division of Population Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; hDuke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina; iDepartment of Family Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York; jFeinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois; kNorthwest Tribal Epidemiology Center, Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board, Portland, Oregon

As patient navigation has become the standard of cancer diagnostic and treatment practices, there is a need to develop competencies and standards for hiring and training navigators, but it is not clear which professional training and skill sets and what personal experiences are most useful to becoming an effective navigator. In this paper, the authors consider whether patient navigation promotes more timely diagnostic care if the navigator has personal experience with cancer.

 

Accepted for publication February 9, 2016
Correspondence Carolyn.Rubin@tufts.edu
Disclosures The authors report no disclosures/conflicts of interest.
Citation JCSO 2018;16(1):e43-e46

©2018 Frontline Medical Communications
doi https://doi.org/10.12788/jcso.0266

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Acknowledgments

The authors acknowledge the contributions of the following members of the Patient Navigation Research Program:Clinical centers Boston Medical Center and Boston University: Karen M Freund (principal investigator [PI]), Tracy A Battaglia (co-PI); Denver Health and Hospital Authority: Peter Raich (PI), Elizabeth Whitley (co-PI); George Washington University Cancer Institute: Steven R Patierno (PI), Lisa M Alexander, Paul H Levine, Heather A Young, Heather J Hoffman, Nancy L LaVerda; H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute: Richard G Roetzheim (PI), Cathy Meade, Kristen J Wells; Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board: Victoria Warren-Mears (PI); Northwestern University Robert H Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center: Steven Rosen (PI), Melissa Simon; The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center: Electra Paskett (PI); University of Illinois at Chicago and Access Community Health Center: Elizabeth Calhoun (PI), Julie Darnell. University of Rochester: Kevin Fiscella (PI), Samantha Hendren; University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Cancer Therapy and Research Center: Donald Dudley (PI), Kevin Hall, Anand Karnard, Amelie Ramirez. Program office National Cancer Institute, Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities: Martha Hare, Mollie Howerton, Ken Chu, Emmanuel Taylor, Mary Ann Van Dyun. Evaluation contractor NOVA Research Company: Paul Young, Frederick Snyder

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