Association
The Importance of Professional Certification for Cancer Registrars
Professional certification plays a vital role in strengthening the cancer registry workforce and ensuring the high-quality data that is essential for cancer surveillance, research, and public health planning. For cancer…
All Categories
All Articles
Training
NAACCR Education and Training Upcoming Events
NAACCR ODS Exam Prep and Review The NAACCR ODS Exam Prep and Review series is offered prior to each exam…
Association
Now Is the Time to Champion Cancer Registries: Help Spread the Word
Recent events have made it clear: we must do more to elevate the visibility and importance of cancer surveillance. In…
Training
NAACCR Education and Training Upcoming Events
NAACCR ODS Exam Prep and Review The Summer 2025 ODS Exam Prep series began on May 13, 2025. You can…
Members
Standardization and Registry Development Steering Committee: Modular Records Task Force
One of the NAACCR Board strategic initiatives in the Strategic Plan is Innovative Approaches to Data Collection (Minimal Datasets and…
Registries
Secondary data sharing: What is it, why is it important, and how is NAACCR involved?
Secondary data sharing (SDS) occurs when a primary researcher shares data with a secondary researcher to advance science. Sometimes the…
Association
Reflections on the 2025 Annual Conference
Karen Knight, Executive Director of NAACCR, shares her reflections from the conference, with a call to leadership and working together…
Members
2025 NAACCR Board of Directors Election Results
The NAACCR Nominating Committee is charged with encouraging volunteers to consider serving on the NAACCR Board of Directors and to…
Members
Call for Subject Matter Experts: Help Develop Central Registry Training!
The NAACCR Professional Development Steering Committee’s Upkeep Work Group is developing a series of 14–15 online training modules to support…
Registries
Louisiana Amends Cancer Reporting Law and Modernizes Framework
In 2024, Louisiana enacted legislative amendments to its cancer reporting law to enhance the Louisiana Tumor Registry‘s (LTR) authority and…
Registries
TCR Investigates Early-Onset Cancer Trends
Evaluation of Trends In the Spring of 2024, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) leadership informed Texas Cancer…