ArticleJCO global oncology2024
Presentation of Breast Cancer and Impact of Patient Navigation on Timeliness of Diagnosis and Treatment and on Adherence to Treatment Recommendations in a Multicenter Network in Malaysia.
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- "Hurtled down a track and then thrown off": experiences of longitudinal breast cancer care trajectories of women living with and beyond breast cancer.Breast cancer research : BCR · 2026Article
- A mixed-methods evaluation of a patient navigation program for breast and cervical cancers in Rwanda.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Development and Rasch calibration of the Breast Cancer Symptom Help-Seeking Capability Scale (BCSHC).Health and quality of life outcomes · 2026Article
- Cancer survivorship in the Western Pacific: from differences to shared-goals and from challenges to opportunities.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2025Review
- Streamlining care through patient navigation: a retrospective cohort study of timely anti-HER2 therapy in early breast cancer in a low-middle income country.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Impact of Unmet Social Needs on Access to Breast Cancer Screening and Treatment: An Analysis of Barriers Faced by Patients in a Breast Cancer Navigation Program.Annals of surgical oncology · 2025Article
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Abstract
purposeBreast cancer deaths disproportionately affect women living in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Patient navigation has emerged as a cost-effective and impactful approach to enable women with symptoms or suspicious mammogram findings to access timely diagnosis and patients with breast cancer to access timely and appropriate multimodality treatment. However, few studies have systematically evaluated the impact of patient navigation on timeliness of diagnosis and treatment in LMICs.
methodsWe established a nurse- and community-navigator-led navigation program in breast clinics of four public hospitals located in Peninsular and East Malaysia and evaluated the impact of navigation on timeliness of diagnosis and treatment.
resultsPatients with breast cancer treated at public hospitals reported facing barriers to accessing care, including having a poor recognition of breast cancer symptoms and low awareness of screening methods, and facing financial and logistics challenges. Compared with patients diagnosed in the previous year, patients receiving navigation experienced timely ultrasound (84.0%
conclusionPatient navigation improves access to timely diagnosis and treatment for women presenting at secondary and tertiary hospitals in Malaysia.
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