Here’s What We Know: How an Oncology Patient Navigator Can Help You
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
If you’ve been diagnosed with cancer, you likely have questions. Oncology navigators offer answers and more. Also called patient navigators or oncology navigators, these caring experts walk alongside cancer patients throughout their cancer journeys.
“Navigating a complex health-care system can be a barrier to care,” says Dr. Erica Phillips, internal medicine physician at Weill Cornell Medicine, associate director of Community Outreach and Engagement at the Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center and co-associate director of Community Engagement at the Cornell Center for Health Equity. “That’s why patient navigators were developed.”
Learn more about the role of oncology navigators in your care.
