Patient navigators help minority, low-income cancer patients get life-saving treatments

Patient navigators help minority, low-income cancer patients get life-saving treatments
posted by amanda 283 days 22 hours 7 minutes ago

Volunteers who guide low-income and minority cancer patients through cancer treatment, called lay patient navigators (LPN), help them to overcome major obstacles that prevent them from receiving quality care and achieving better outcomes, according to a study presented October 28, 2007, at the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology's 49th Annual Meeting in Los Angeles.

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