Today NCRA announced the release of the new 4th Edition, Principles and Practice for Hospitals and Central Registries textbook. This new edition was revised by a volunteer team of cancer registry professionals representing various standard-setting agencies and groups from the cancer surveillance community in North America. The 4th edition is now for sale in the NCRA Store and NCRA members ma purchase at a discounted rate. An e-version of the book is also available.
The textbook contains a history of cancer registration, discussion on the roles of key organizations, description of the cancer data collection process, and details the flow of data from hospitals to the state, national and federal agencies. It is divided into four sections:
- Cancer Registry,
- Data Collection and Abstraction,
- Data Aggregation and Quality, and
- Uses of Cancer Registry Data.
New chapters ave been added and a focus on the cancer patient’s journey has been added to give context and to illustrate how their journey is connected to the data collection and flow.
If you are a new registrar and studying for the CTR exam, make sure you refer to the CTR Exam Handbook before purchasing to make sure you have the correct version of the book in hand for study.
