Agencies Archives - Oncology Data Specialists (Cancer Registrars) Cancer Registrar

Agencies, Blog, cancer registrar, Cancer Surveillance, CoC, NAACCR, National Cancer Institute, NCRA, SEER

2023 Updates to ICD-O-3

Aug 22, 2022 by YayCTR 0 Comments behavior, Cancer Registrar, histology, ICD-O-3, NAACCR, NCRA, SEER

8/22/2022 – NAACCR has released the 2023 updates to the ICD-O-3 histology and behavior codes. All Registrars, regardless of which type of facility, should become familiarw with the proposed changes and guidelines and coordinate with your software vendor updates to their software and edits metafiles.

To download the files (at no charge), click here ICD O 3 Coding Updates – NAACCR. Updates are available in PDF and Excel file formats. Code lists are available in numeric and alpha tables. Also available is an annotated histology list with descriptions. Be sure to read the Coding Guidelines document for the summary of changes and how updates will be implemented and the rationale for doing so.

Agencies, Blog, cancer registrar, CoC, NCRA

CoC Publishes Responses to NCRA Sessions Q&A

Aug 8, 2021 by SuperCTR 0 Comments American College of Surgeons, cancer registry, continuing medical education, CTR, National Cancer Registrar's Association

The American College of Surgeons (ACoS) presented several sessions at the National Cancer Registrar’s Association (NCRA) annual educational conference held on June 3-5, 2021. In response to the participant questions asked at each of these sessions, the ACoS has released a PDF with a written response to all the questions they received. You can view this document below.

Note: if you cannot see the PDF document, copy and paste this URL into your web browser: https://www.facs.org/-/media/files/quality-programs/cancer/ncra_meeting_qa.ashx.

ncra_meeting_qa

Agencies, Blog, Cancer, cancer registrar, SEER

What Are Cancer Statistics?

Aug 7, 2021 by SuperCTR 0 Comments Cancer Registrar, cancer registry, cancer statistics, cancer surveillance, SEER

Cancer Registrars collect and analyze data to tell a story about the latest trends in their facility, region, state or nationally. Understanding how the statistics are derived and calculated, especially if you are going to compare your hospital with another program, state or national benchmark is very important.

SEER (Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results) has made available a series of online videos called Did You Know? The video’s highlight key topics and trends and are helpful in understanding cancer-related statistics.

Here is one of these videos, titled “Cancer Statistics.”

Cancer Statistics | Did You Know? | Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER)

Agencies, Blog, cancer registrar, NCRA

New Cancer Registry Management Principles and Practice for Hospitals and Central Registries

Jul 28, 2021 by SuperCTR 0 Comments Cancer Registrar, cancer registry management, CTR exam prep

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.

Agencies, Association of Community Cancer Centers, Blog

Survivorship in the Era of Immunotherapy

Jul 27, 2021 by SuperCTR 0 Comments Association of Community Cancer Centers, cancer centers, Cancer Registrar, immuno-oncology, psychosocial distress

Advances in immunotherapy (IO) have shown promising outcomes for subsets of patients that have been resistant to convention treatment. However, these patients have also experience late physical and psychosocial effects of cancer and its treatment, such as depression, pain or fatigue, which negatively impacts their quality of life.

The Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) has released a two-part webinar / lecture series with supporting resources to address this topic. You can view both videos below or CLICK HERE to access the online resources.

Improving Care Team Communication and Coordination for Immuno-Oncology Survivor

Meeting the Psychosocial and Physical Well-Being Needs of Immuno-Oncology Survivors

Agencies, Blog, Certification, NAACCR

CTR Exam Prep Series

Jul 25, 2021 by SuperCTR 0 Comments Cancer Registrar, cancer registrar certification, CTR exam prep, NAACCR

The North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR) next CTR exam prep series will begin on August 24, 2021.

The program offers online, interactive instruction with live instructors. Eight 2-hour sessions are included at a subscription rate of $195 per person.

Included in the subscription rate is:

8 weekly lectures presented by experienced instructors,
Question and answer (Q&A) sessions,
Study materials,
Weekly online quizzes, and a
Timed practical test during the last session.

To subscribe, CLICK HERE.

Agencies, Blog, Cancer Prevention

Cancer Prevention 2021 (infographic)

Jul 24, 2021 by SuperCTR 0 Comments American Cancer Society, cancer prevention, cancer surveillance, community outreach, tumor registrar

The American Cancer Society (ACS) conducts long-term studies on how research helps people to understand, prevent, and treat cancer. Research helps to identify links between a behavior or lifestyle and an individual’s risk of getting cancer. For example, cigarette smoking and lung cancer, or the impact of being overweight or obese on cancer incidence or death, and so forth.

Cancer Registrars collaborate with physicians, nurses and administrators to plan and conduct cancer prevention and screening events. They use information from research to identify what we have learned from research and to develop prevention events and educational topics that are targeted uniquely to the community.

The ACS infographic (see below) is a useful resource that can be used by Cancer Registrars and community outreach coordinators as they plan their cancer prevention events in 2021.

cancer-prevention-studies-infographic-print Download

Agencies, Blog

Lessons Learned from COVID-19

Jul 18, 2021 by SuperCTR 0 Comments ACCC, Association of Community Cancer Centers, cancer advocacy, cancer reimbursement, pandemic

ACCC (Association of Community Cancer Centers) has reaffirmed its commitment to integrating health equity, diversity, and inclusion into its advocacy for cancer patients. ACCC has a long-standing history of developing opportunities to increase racial and ethnic minority clinical representation; advocating for reimbursement and coverage of telemedicine and virtual health services and in supporting the professional well-being of the cancer team to improve provider and patient satisfaction.

The infographic below was recently published and summarizes some of the lessons learned in the clinical and administrative setting during and after the pandemic.

Fast Facts – 2020 Trends from Lessons Learned from COVID-19 Download

To read the entire article, click here.

Category: Agencies