AJMC September 25, 2021
Mary Caffrey

The second day of Patient-Centered Oncology Care® 2021 featured a panel discussion, “Oncology Care Transitions: Bridging the Gaps Across the Patient Journey.”

What Joseph Alvarnas, MD, calls “the patient journey” in cancer treatment is never easy, but it is less perilous if each step makes sense, if the patient is not left to find their own way from appointment to appointment, and if someone thinks about other needs—like the days of work being missed or the food not coming into the house.

Alvarnas, a hematologist/oncologist at City of Hope, in Duarte, California, and co-chair of Patient-Centered Oncology Care® 2021, presented by The American Journal of Managed Care®, moderated a panel that what more can be done in this area—with the...

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