Fernanda Michels
Fernanda is from Brazil and moved to the USA in 2012. She has central cancer registry experience (USA and Brazil) and holds a PhD degree in Epidemiology and Master’s degree in Oncology. During the pandemic she became an Oncology Data Specialist. She is the Program Manager of Data Quality and Integration for NAACCR.
Posts by Fernanda Michels
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New Study Highlights Enrollment Disparities in Children’s Oncology Group (COG) Trials Using NCCR Data
A new study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute (JNCI) examines the factors contributing to enrollment discrepancies…
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NAACCR Initiatives Supporting Pediatric and AYA Cancer Research
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, a time to recognize the impact of pediatric, adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancers…
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Operations at the Brazilian Populational-Based Cancer Registry, São Paulo City: A Conversation with Fernanda Michels
NAACCR Associate Director, Stephanie Hill, sat down with NAACCR Program Manager for Data Quality and Integration, Dr. Fernanda Michels, to…
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NCCR Feature: Highlights of the 2025 NAACCR Annual Conference
The 2025 NAACCR Annual Conference was held in Hartford, CT from June 3-5, 2025. Our theme for this year was,…
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New NAACCR Pediatric Resources Webpage!
NAACCR is excited to introduce a valuable new tool to support pediatric and AYA (Adolescent and Young Adult) Abstracting: the…
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“Making the Case for an International Childhood Cancer Data Partnership” paper published!
Following the 2023 Paris Conference for an International Childhood Cancer Data Partnership, a collaboration of the U.S. National Cancer Institute…
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NCI Launches Innovative New Platform for Comprehensive Childhood Cancer Data
The National Cancer Institute Surveillance Research Program announced the launch of the latest product to come out of the National…
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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…
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NAACCR participation at the NCRA Annual Conference 2024
Last April, the National Cancer Registrars Association held its 50th Annual Educational Conference, in Indianapolis, Indiana, with the goal to…
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CROS Task Force SEEKS Canadian Representatives
In the 2022 Fall edition of the NAACCR Narrative, we shared exciting news about a project aimed at reviewing and…