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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 knowledge and expertise to inform the development of resources like…
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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 of health equity research. Because health equity research evaluates the…
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 participants. To date in 2024, seven linkages have occurred, and…
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 and follow childhood cancer cases in the U.S. Its primary…
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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 interest to the cancer surveillance community. Both have open public…
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 process. One of the many steps in this process is…
Registries
Advocacy vs. Lobbying: Implications for Government Agencies and Central Cancer Registries
In the realm of public health, distinguishing between advocacy and lobbying is crucial, especially for government agencies and organizations like central cancer registries that often rely on federal funding. Understanding…
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 an edits metafile for cancer data items collected by cancer…
Registries
New Edits Promote Enhanced Quality
The NAACCR Edits Work Group has developed a new group of edits for central registry use, identified as QC_Chk (quality control) edits. They are included in special edit sets rather…
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 our historic, flagship product (the CiNA Monographs) to the CiNA*Explorer…