Cancer care delivery and women's health: The role of patient navigation

Frontiers in Oncology

Volumn 6, Issue JAN, 2016, Pages

  Krok Schoen, Jessica L ^a   Oliveri, Jill M ^a   Paskett, Electra D ^a,b,c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer disparities; Cervical cancer; Gynecological cancers; Patient navigation; Women's health

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT CANCER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OVARY CANCER; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER; VAGINA CANCER; VULVA CANCER; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84958154454     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2234943X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2016.00002     Document Type: Review

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