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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…
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Surveys: A Critical Tool in the NAACCR Steering Committee Toolbox
One of our most valuable resources here at NAACCR is you: the members of our community. We rely on your…
Registries
Edits Examples for Central Registry
INTRODUCTION This article introduces a new group of example edits for central registries included in the NAACCR v25 metafile. Just…
Training
NAACCR Education and Training Upcoming Events
NAACCR ODS Exam Prep and Review The NAACCR Fall 2024 ODS Exam Prep webinar series started on August 27th. Participants…
Association
New Workgroup Gears Up to Address Data Quality Issues With Geocoded Data
Health disparities are well documented using cancer registry data. And cancer registry data are essential to the evidence-based solutions approach…
Registries
VPR in the News
The VPR continues to facilitate linkages between existing study cohorts and high-quality registry data for ascertaining cancer outcomes among study…
Association
Assessing the Completeness of Key Data Items Across NCCR Registries for Pediatric and Adult Cancer Cases
The National Childhood Cancer Registry (NCCR) was developed under the National Cancer Institute’s Childhood Cancer Data Initiative (CCDI) to identify…
Association
Your Voice Matters: Upcoming Public Comment Periods on US Health IT Standards
The U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) published two policy documents that will be of…
Registries
MLTG Sets New Deadline for Central Registry User Data Dictionaries and Edits Metafiles
The Mid-Level Tactical Group (MLTG) manages the cancer surveillance change control process to ensure an efficient and timely change management…
Members
EditWriter6 – New User Features
Overview EditWriter is a software program developed by the National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR) to create, modify, and manage…
Surveillance
CiNA Statistics and CiNA*Explorer Update
In June 2024, the 2017-2021 CiNA cancer statistics were updated in CiNA*Explorer: https://apps.naaccr.org/explorer. This update reflects the final migration from…