Isn't there enough evidence on the benefits of patient navigation?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
² Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
³ School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
⁴ American Cancer Society National Navigation Roundtable, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
⁵ University of Colorado Cancer Center, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
⁶ Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
⁷ American Cancer Society, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
⁸ Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA.

Editorial

Electra D Paskett et al. CA Cancer J Clin. 2023 Nov-Dec.

. 2023 Nov-Dec;73(6):562-564.

doi: 10.3322/caac.21805. Epub 2023 Jun 26.

¹ Department of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
² Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
³ School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
⁴ American Cancer Society National Navigation Roundtable, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
⁵ University of Colorado Cancer Center, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
⁶ Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
⁷ American Cancer Society, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
⁸ Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA.

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Patient navigation across the cancer care continuum: An overview of systematic reviews and emerging literature.
Chan RJ, Milch VE, Crawford-Williams F, Agbejule OA, Joseph R, Johal J, Dick N, Wallen MP, Ratcliffe J, Agarwal A, Nekhlyudov L, Tieu M, Al-Momani M, Turnbull S, Sathiaraj R, Keefe D, Hart NH. Chan RJ, et al. CA Cancer J Clin. 2023 Nov-Dec;73(6):565-589. doi: 10.3322/caac.21788. Epub 2023 Jun 26. CA Cancer J Clin. 2023. PMID: 37358040 Review.

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