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ArticleReports of practical oncology and radiotherapy : journal of Greatpoland Cancer Center in Poznan and Polish Society of Radiation Oncology2022

Navigator-assisted hypofractionation (NAVAH) to address radiation therapy access disparities facing African-Americans with breast cancer.

Shearwood McClelland, Eleanor E Harris, Daniel E Spratt, Chesley Cheatham, Yilun Sun, Alexandria L Oliver, Jerry J Jaboin, Reshma Jagsi, Daniel G Petereit

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Article in Reports of practical oncology and radiotherapy : journal of Greatpoland Cancer Center in Poznan and Polish Society of Radiation Oncology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. The role and competencies of an oncology care coordinator: an essential link in patient-centered cancer care.Reports of practical oncology and radiotherapy : journal of Greatpoland Cancer Center in Poznan and Polish Society of Radiation Oncology · 2025
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  4. Spine Patient Optimal Radiosurgery Treatment for Symptomatic Metastatic Neoplasms (SPORTSMEN): a randomized phase II study protocol.Reports of practical oncology and radiotherapy : journal of Greatpoland Cancer Center in Poznan and Polish Society of Radiation Oncology · 2023
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  5. Navigator utilization among African-American breast cancer patients at a Comprehensive Cancer Center.Reports of practical oncology and radiotherapy : journal of Greatpoland Cancer Center in Poznan and Polish Society of Radiation Oncology · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Shearwood McClellandDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States.
Eleanor E HarrisDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States.
Daniel E SprattDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States.
Chesley CheathamDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States.
Yilun SunDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States.
Alexandria L OliverDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, Unites States.
Jerry J JaboinDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, United States.
Reshma JagsiDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.
Daniel G PetereitDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of South Dakota School of Medicine, Rapid City, SD, United States.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: African-Americans have the highest overall cancer death rate and shortest survival time of any racial or ethnic group in the United States. The most common cancer studied in African-American radiation therapy (RT) access disparities research is breast cancer. The goal of this study is to evaluate the impact of patient navigation on RT access for African-American breast cancer patients. Material and methods: This study is a prospective survey-based evaluation of the impact of patient navigation on access to hypofractionated RT and financial toxicity in African-American breast cancer patients. The impact of patient navigation on RT access will be collated and analyzed from survey results pre-RT versus post-RT as well as for patients with versus without receipt of patient navigation. The validated COST-Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy score will be used to compare hypofractionation versus standard fractionated RT financial toxicity for patients with early-stage breast cancer who have received lumpectomy. Conclusion: This is the first study to investigate the impact of patient navigation on reducing RT access disparities facing African-American breast cancer patients. The natural progression of this work will be to expand this model to include additional breast cancer populations most vulnerable to suffering RT access disparities (Native American, Hispanic American, Appalachian) within the United States.

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adjuvant radiation therapyAfrican-American racebreast cancerhealth disparitieshypofractionationpatient navigation

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PMID36186700
PMCPMC9518767

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