PURPOSE Patient navigation is an intervention approach that improves cancer outcomes by reducing barriers and facilitating timely access to cancer care. Little is known about the benefits of patient navigation during breast cancer treatment and survivorship. This systematic review evaluates the efficacy of patient navigation in improving treatment and survivorship outcomes in women with breast ...

BACKGROUND Cancer survivors are particularly prone to the effects of a fragmented health care delivery system. The implications of fragmented cancer care across providers likely include greater spending and worse quality of care. For this reason, the authors measured relations between increasing fragmentation of cancer care, expenditures, and quality of care among prostate cancer survivors. M...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To describe spirituality and meaning of illness in survivors of ovarian cancer. DESIGN Ethnographic study based on seven years of natural correspondence among survivors of ovarian cancer and a support newsletter. SAMPLE 21,806 letters, cards, and e-mails received from survivors of ovarian cancer from 1994-2000. METHODS Analysis was based on the Quality of Life (QOL) Ova...

Purpose: Purpose of this study was to explore experiences and concerns of breast cancer survivors in order to identify the impact of curative treatment 3-48 months post-treatment and to determine preferred content and format of survivorship care plan. Background: Although, Institute of Medicine’s report on cancer survivorship recommends that cancer patients completing treatment should be provid...

More than half of those born after 1960 will develop cancer during their lifetime. Fortunately, owing to improved diagnosis and treatment, cure rates have risen steadily over the last three decades. With an increased survivorship, more will experience adverse effects of cancer therapeutics on the heart. As the oncologist's focus begins to encompass the issues of cancer survivorship, awareness o...

With increases in the number of cancer survivors, many persons now experience cancer as a chronic disease followed by adaptation to a new reality of what is normal in their lives. In response, cancer survivorship researchers have begun attending to the multidimensional needs of survivors, including the need to promote optimal psychological adaptation and health. Theoretical models of well-being...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to determine the number, type, and predictors of patients with head and neck cancer unmet survivorship needs. METHODS This study accrued patients with head and neck cancer at any time point in their survivorship course, and they completed a survey, including demographic information and the Cancer Survivors' Unmet Needs Measure (CaSUN). RESULTS The me...