A Patient Navigation Program for Addressing Disparities in Breast Cancer Care

Description

This clinical trial evaluates a patient navigation program for addressing disparities in breast cancer care. The navigation program is designed to help improve patient knowledge about clinical and supportive care services, navigate to existing services, help manage barriers to care, and enhance patient skills related to management of cancer treatment. Offering a patient navigation program may increase health equity and improve social needs and quality of life over time for newly diagnosed breast cancer patients.

Conditions

Breast Carcinoma, Breast Ductal Carcinoma in Situ

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Study overview

This clinical trial evaluates a patient navigation program for addressing disparities in breast cancer care. The navigation program is designed to help improve patient knowledge about clinical and supportive care services, navigate to existing services, help manage barriers to care, and enhance patient skills related to management of cancer treatment. Offering a patient navigation program may increase health equity and improve social needs and quality of life over time for newly diagnosed breast cancer patients.

Addressing Disparities in Breast Cancer Care: An Approach to Health Equity

A Patient Navigation Program for Addressing Disparities in Breast Cancer Care

Condition
Breast Carcinoma
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Buffalo

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, New York, United States, 14263

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Age ≥ 18 years of age
  • * Have a confirmed diagnosis of breast cancer or DCIS
  • * Have not had a previous diagnosis of cancer
  • * Currently identify their gender as woman or female
  • * Was assigned female sex at birth (AFAB)
  • * Participant must understand the investigational nature of this study and verbally consent to participate prior to receiving any study related intervention
  • * Participants under the age of 18
  • * Participants who are not suspected of or diagnosed with breast cancer or DCIS
  • * Participants who have had a previous diagnosis of any cancer
  • * Participants who identify their gender as other than woman or female
  • * Participants who were assigned male sex or intersex at birth
  • * Unwilling or unable to follow protocol requirements

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Roswell Park Cancer Institute,

Kathryn Glaser, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

Study Record Dates

2026-11-01