Overcoming Obstacles to Clinical Trials Enrollment Through a Navigator Program

Inclusion Criteria:

Cancer patients for Focus Group must meet the following criterion:

- diagnosis of any gynecologic or breast cancer and be pursuing treatment here at
Stanford within the last 2 years

- must read and speak Chinese

- willing and able to participant in group discussions

Cancer patients to receive Navigator Support must meet the following criterion:

- Newly diagnosed with gynecologic or breast cancer -pursuing treatment at Stanford
Cancer Center

- must read and speak Chinese

- willing and able to have an individual relationship with a Navigator

Health Professional must meet the following criterion:

-must currently work in the Stanford gynecologic Oncology Clinic

Navigators must meet the following criterion:

- Chinese and English speaking

- willing and able to participate in training and to serve as a Navigator

- preferably a Cancer survivor

Exclusion Criteria:

Cancer patients must have a GOG performance status of 0-2 (see attached document for
further details). Focus Group participate MAY be able to be participating in another study
but patients who are already participating in a clinical trial will not be assigned a
Navigator.

No Exclusionary criterion for Health Professionals or Navigators.