AONN+ Conference Highlights
The number of US cancer survivors hovers around 12 million today and is projected to grow to 20-million-plus by 2020, creating a critical need for focused patient navigation–oriented strategies for said survivors.
A pilot study conducted at the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, Chicago, demonstrated that psychosocial distress screening can be made patient friendly while measuring levels of distress that warrant follow-up.
As a result of early detection and advances in treatment, there are more than 12 million cancer survivors in the United States today, and that number will continue to grow. While this is a cause for celebration, it also highlights the increasing need for programs to address the challenges survivors face and provide them with the best quality of life.
At the second annual AONN Navigation
and Survivorship Conference, Karyl
Blaseg, RN, MSN, OCN, of the Billings
Clinic Cancer Center; Tricia Strusowski, MS,
RN, of the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center; and
Jay R. Swanson, RN, BSN, OCN, of the Saint
Elizabeth Cancer Institute presented The Navigator Matrix.
Significantly high levels of physicians and other medical professionals believe that compassion in healthcare makes a significant difference on whether the patient lives or dies.
Andy Miller, MHSE, CHES, Vice President of Mission for LIVESTRONG, delivered the advocacy keynote address at our second annual AONN Navigation and Survivorship Con ference in September.
Those in attendance at the AONN second
annual meeting had the opportunity to attend
breakout sessions focused on navigation
strategies in the following subject areas: breast cancer,
lung cancer, gastrointestinal (GI) cancer,
prostate cancer, multi-tumor types, as well as the
management of a navigation program. It is our
pleasure to offer the following summaries and takehome
points from each session.
