Breast Cancer Care Outcomes Overview

Accord for a Healthier World Breast Cancer Care Outcomes

• Initiative: Patients Navigation and Support to Enhance Breast Cancer Care Outcomes
• Organization: Women's Cancers Relief Foundation (WCRF)
• Executive Director & Founder: Jean Paul Balinda, RN, MPH

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Introduction to WCRF

• Founding (2018): Founded due to experience with late-stage cancer diagnoses
• Mission: Raise awareness, support patients, and advocate for better healthcare policies
• Focus: Breast and cervical cancers, and other women's cancers
• Key Programs: Awareness & education, patient navigation & support, supportive palliative care groups (peer-to-peer support), advocacy for improved healthcare, research, and cancer impact mitigation initiatives

Understanding the Challenges in Breast Cancer Care

• Key Challenges: Limited awareness/early detection, fragmented care, financial barriers, lack of emotional/psychological support
• Impact: Delayed diagnosis, inconsistent treatment, and increased mortality

The Role of Patient Navigation

• Global Breast Cancer Initiative (GBCI): Established in 2021 aiming to reduce breast cancer mortality by 2.5% annually over 20 years (to save 2.5 million lives)
• Three Pillars/Strategies:
  • Pillar 1 (Health Promotion for Early Detection): Public health education to raise awareness of signs/symptoms, early detection, and treatment importance
  • Pillar 2 (Timely Diagnosis): Public and health worker education on early breast cancer symptoms to enable early referrals to diagnostic services
  • Pillar 3 (Comprehensive Breast Cancer Management): Centralized services and treatment for breast cancer – cancer management requires specialized care.
• Targets:
  • 60% achieve diagnosis of at least 60% of invasive breast cancers at stage 1 or II
  • 60-day diagnosis of breast cancer
  • 80% complete courses of multimodality breast cancer treatments and successfully return home

Importance of Patient Navigation in Breast Cancer Care

• Patient Navigation: A system to guide patients through the healthcare journey
• Benefits: Improve access to care, reduce delays in diagnosis/treatment, reduce treatment abandonment, and provide holistic support (medical, emotional, and financial)

WCRF's Approach to Patient Navigation

• Key Components:
  • Education & Awareness: Community outreach, workshops, and informational sessions
  • Navigation Services: Guiding patients from screening to diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship
  • Financial Support: Programs to enable access to timely diagnosis, treatment, transportation, meals, accommodation, and co-payment assistance
  • Survivor Support: Support groups (peer-to-peer and group), psychosocial support, palliative care, and empowerment programs

Case Study: Impact of Patient Navigation

• Example: Testimony of a patient supported by WCRF detailing initial challenges, intervention, and successful outcomes.
• Key Takeaway: Early and continuous support saves lives and improves outcomes

Results & Impact of WCRF's Patient Support Programs

• Statistics: 106 patients navigated through peer support groups in 7 months, 12 patients supported from cancer suspicion to reach diagnosis and staging for early treatment, 54 survivors grouped in savings programs supported by revenue

The Role of Collaboration and Advocacy

• WCRF's Partnerships: Collaboration with hospitals, clinics, government entities, and NGOs
• Advocacy: Policy changes to improve cancer care accessibility
• Ongoing Efforts: Survivor support groups, financial support to facilitate access to early diagnosis and treatment

Conclusion: WCRF Vision for the Future

• Vision: Every woman has affordable, early detection, timely diagnosis, and early treatment options without abandonment (improvement in access)
• Action Points: Expansion of patient navigation services, strengthening partnerships for a more comprehensive support network, and establishment of a national policy and strategic plan to meet the GBCI goals (for improving outcomes for women overall).

This quiz provides insights into the initiatives of the Women's Cancers Relief Foundation (WCRF), focusing on improving breast cancer care outcomes. Learn about key programs aimed at patient navigation, support, and advocacy for women's cancers. The WCRF was founded to address gaps in healthcare leading to late-stage cancer diagnoses.