The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) has published the proceedings of a workshop on improving the effectiveness of patient navigation in cancer care. The Establishing Effective Patient Navigation Programs in Oncologyworkshop, held on November 13 and 14, 2017, addressed where patient navigation programs should be deployed in cancer care and which patients should be prioritized to receive navigation services when resources are limited. The workshop also discussed who should serve as navigators, the benefits of navigation, and current gaps in the evidence base.
Posted 5/31/2018

From Ghana to Orlando, experts across the multidisciplinary care team share how they are expanding access to clinical trials and supportive care services and improving quality of life for their patients as a result in this Oncology Issues. Read on for a preview of this issue’s articles and dive deeper to learn from colleagues across the country and the globe.

On day 1 of the NCCN 2026 Annual Conference, attendees heard from experts on the unique issues young adults with cancer face during and post-treatment, advances in treating gastrointestinal cancers, evolving therapies in skin cancers, and novel approaches to treating blood cancers.

ACCCBuzz interviewed leadership from the National Association of Veterans’ Research and Education Foundations to better understand the current clinical and operational barriers Veterans face in accessing clinical trials and the progress being made to address them.

In an effort to improve outcomes and deliver the highest quality of care to patients with pancreatic cancer, Duke Cancer Institute launched a multidisciplinary Pancreatic Cancer Center that prioritizes thorough surveillance of high-risk patients, stays at the forefront of clinical trials, and considers the role of comorbidities.
