Patient navigation as a targeted intervention: For patients at high risk for delays in cancer care.

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

1. Application of patient navigation programs across the entire continuum of breast cancer care: a GRADE-assessed systematic review with meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
   Pooled it
2. Increasing Prenatal Care Compliance in At-Risk Black Women: Findings from a RCT of Patient Navigation and Behavioral Incentives.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2022
   Trial
3. Catalyzing Navigation for Breast Cancer Survivorship (CaNBCS) in Safety-Net Settings: A Mixed Methods Study.Cancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center
   Trial
4. Surgical Oncology Heroes and Legends: Dr. Harold Freeman as Interviewed by Dr. Lisa Newman.Annals of surgical oncology · 2026
   Article
5. Correctional Health and Oncologist Perspectives on Strategies to Improve Cancer Care in US Prisons: A Qualitative Study.JAMA network open · 2025
   Article
6. Reducing barriers to care in the treatment of lung cancer: a narrative review.Journal of thoracic disease · 2025
   Review
7. Surgeon and Care Team Network Measures and Timely Breast Cancer Treatment.JAMA network open · 2024
   Article
8. Addressing racial disparities in perinatal care for African American/Black individuals in the Chicago community health setting: a qualitative study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022
   Article
9. Patient and Family Engaged Care: An Essential Element of Health Equity.NAM perspectives · 2020
   Review
10. Rapid review of evaluation of interventions to improve participation in cancer screening services.Journal of medical screening · 2017
    Article
11. A decade of improved access to screening is associated with fewer colorectal cancer deaths in African Americans: a single-center retrospective study.Annals of gastroenterology · 2017
    Article
12. Patient Navigation in Breast Cancer Treatment and Survivorship: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 2016
    Article
13. A Patient Navigation Model for Veterans Traveling for Cancer Care.Federal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS · 2016
    Article
14. The Influence of Health Literacy and Acculturation on Cancer Screening Behaviors Among Older Chinese Americans.Gerontology & geriatric medicine
    Article
15. Dementia care navigation: Building toward a common definition, key principles, and outcomes.Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.)
    Review

Corrections and comments

• Comment on
  Impact of patient navigation in eliminating economic disparities in cancer care.2015

Authors and funding

1 author.

Funding

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Abstract

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