Navigators can help guide breast cancer patients through care

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Navigators can help guide breast cancer patients through care

By Ronnie Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Patient navigators may be able to help steer women with breast cancer through what can be a daunting treatment process, a new study suggests. Breast cancer kills a disproportionate share of low-income and African-American women, researchers note, and employing patient navigators is thought to be a potential way to assist underserved patients. We’re really hoping that patient navigation is the solution,” said Dr. Naomi Ko, who led the study at Boston University School of Medicine. She and her team examined the records of 1,288 racially diverse women diagnosed with breast cancer at eight centers across the U.S. Roughly half of the women were assigned navigators and the rest were not.

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