Drs Ann H. Partridge and Narjust Florez discuss meeting patients where they are, cultural competency and humility, patient navigation, and the importance of support communities in cancer survivorship.

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Resources

Cancer Survivorship Guidelines https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/2500027-overview

Racial Disparities in Patient-reported Measures of Physician Cultural Competency Among Cancer Survivors in the United States https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31670752/

Global Public Health Equity Guiding Principles for Communication https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/equity/guide/cultural-humility.html

Patient Navigator Program https://www.dana-farber.org/for-patients-and-families/care-and-treatment/support-services-and-amenities/patient-navigator-program/

EGFR Resisters https://egfrcancer.org/

The ROS1ders https://www.theros1ders.org/

KRAS Kickers https://www.kraskickers.org/

GO2 Foundation https://go2.org/

LUNGevity https://www.lungevity.org/

Patient Navigation a Powerful Tool for Those Living With MBC https://www.komen.org/blog/patient-navigation-a-powerful-tool-for-those-living-with-mbc/

CancerCare https://www.cancercare.org/

Financial Toxicity of Cancer Treatment: Moving the Discussion From Acknowledgement of the Problem to Identifying Solutions https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32300733/

Screening for Social Determinants of Health: An Opportunity or Unreasonable Burden? https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29989772/

Epic https://www.epic.com/