How a nurse navigator helps map lung cancer care

There is so much hope in lung cancer today. But lung cancer is also inherently very complicated. And the process of getting to a treatment plan takes a lot of expertise, different members of a medical team, and lots of tests. And one way to make this process easier on patients and more efficient for doctors who are making those treatment plans is to use an expert called a patient or nurse navigator.

Guests

Charity Holien, RN, a patient navigator with the University of Colorado Cancer Center
Ross Camidge, MD, PhD, Director of the Thoracic Oncology Clinical and Clinical Research Programs at University of Colorado Cancer Center

Video Podcast on YouTube | Transcription

Resources

A Lung Cancer Diagnosis: What’s Next

The First 7 Days podcast series

What Do I Need to Know About Biomarker Testing?

 

LCFA is a nonprofit dedicated to improving the survivorship of lung cancer patients by funding lung cancer research. Visit lcfamerica.org.