- Title
- Patient navigation across the cancer care continuum : an overview of systematic reviews and emerging literature
- Creator
- Chan, Raymond; Milch, Vivienne; Crawford-Williams, Fiona; Agbejule, Oluwaseyifunmi; Joseph, Ria; Johal, Jolyn; Dick, Narayanee; Wallen, Matthew; Ratcliffe, Julie; Agarwal, Anupriya; Nekhlyudov, Larissa; Tieu, Matthew; Al-Momani, Manaf; Turnbull, Scott; Sathiaraj, Rahul; Keefe, Dorothy; Hart, Nicholas
- Date
- 2023
- Type
- Text; Journal article; Review
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/198870
- Identifier
- vital:19101
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.3322/caac.21788
- Identifier
- ISSN:0007-9235 (ISSN)
- Abstract
- Patient navigation is a strategy for overcoming barriers to reduce disparities and to improve access and outcomes. The aim of this umbrella review was to identify, critically appraise, synthesize, and present the best available evidence to inform policy and planning regarding patient navigation across the cancer continuum. Systematic reviews examining navigation in cancer care were identified in the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), PubMed, Embase, Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health (CINAHL), Epistemonikos, and Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO) databases and in the gray literature from January 1, 2012, to April 19, 2022. Data were screened, extracted, and appraised independently by two authors. The JBI Critical Appraisal Checklist for Systematic Review and Research Syntheses was used for quality appraisal. Emerging literature up to May 25, 2022, was also explored to capture primary research published beyond the coverage of included systematic reviews. Of the 2062 unique records identified, 61 systematic reviews were included. Fifty-four reviews were quantitative or mixed-methods reviews, reporting on the effectiveness of cancer patient navigation, including 12 reviews reporting costs or cost-effectiveness outcomes. Seven qualitative reviews explored navigation needs, barriers, and experiences. In addition, 53 primary studies published since 2021 were included. Patient navigation is effective in improving participation in cancer screening and reducing the time from screening to diagnosis and from diagnosis to treatment initiation. Emerging evidence suggests that patient navigation improves quality of life and patient satisfaction with care in the survivorship phase and reduces hospital readmission in the active treatment and survivorship care phases. Palliative care data were extremely limited. Economic evaluations from the United States suggest the potential cost-effectiveness of navigation in screening programs. © 2023 The Authors. CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American Cancer Society.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Inc
- Relation
- CA Cancer Journal for Clinicians Vol. 73, no. 6 (2023), p. 565-589; http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1194051
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Rights
- Copyright © 2023 The Authors
- Rights
- Open Access
- Subject
- 3211 Oncology and carcinogenesis; Cancer navigation; Early detection; Oncology navigation; Patient navigation; Screening; Survivorship; Treatment
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- Reviewed
- Funder
- This research was funded by Cancer Australia–Australian Government. Raymond J. Chan receives salary funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (APP1194051). Nicolas H. Hart receives salary funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (APP2017080).
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