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For many patients, the worry of having to manage all of their own health care needs after being diagnosed with head and neck cancer is overwhelming. There are many appointments to keep track of and a lot planning, re-arranging, and adapting to a new schedule and routine throughout their treatment. Having another person within the health care team to manage all of that as well as provide additional resources and support makes the transition much easier for the patient. The idea of having someone help navigate patient care originated in 1990 by Dr. Harold P Freeman, a cancer surgeon, and former president of the American Cancer Society. Within his practice of treating patients with breast cancer, he noticed there are many barriers to care that his patient population had to face.
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Jacobs, J. (2020). The Role and Importance of the Head and Neck Oncology Nurse Navigator. In: Fundakowski, C. (eds) Head and Neck Cancer. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27881-6_13
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