Cancer Patients Nationwide Can More Easily Navigate Health Care System Thanks to the American Cancer Society and AstraZeneca; AstraZeneca Pledges $10 Million to American Cancer Sociey.

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ATLANTA -- AstraZeneca and the American Cancer Society today announced a strategic collaboration to significantly extend the reach of the Society's innovative Patient Navigator Program - an initiative to assist individual cancer patients in negotiating the health care system. With major support from AstraZeneca, the American Cancer Society will accelerate development of at least 50 new Patient Navigator Program sites over the next five years in communities throughout the United States. The first three sites to launch are Seattle Cancer Care Alliance in Seattle, Washington; Helen F. Graham Cancer Center at Christiana Care in Wilmington, Delaware; and, John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County in Chicago, Illinois. The American Cancer Society Patient Navigator Program provides individualized personal guidance for cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers to help them navigate the cancer experience. The Society's initiative places an emphasis on assisting the medically underserved. As part of its ongoing organizational commitment to patient health, AstraZeneca has pledged USD$10 million to …