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CDC’s Work to Transform Childhood Cancer Case Reporting
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is working on an ambitious initiative to increase the speed and accuracy of reporting pediatric, adolescent, and young adult cancer cases from…
Members
My Life in the Cancer Surveillance Community
Like many individuals, I happened to stumble into the cancer registry profession. I was a college student, looking for part-time work at the university career center. The cork board consisted…
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International Classification of Diseases, 4th Edition (ICD-O-4)
It is almost time for a new International Classification of Diseases for Oncology! The International Association of Cancer Registries (IACR) has announced it is moving forward with new morphology codes…
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RDU NAACCR Talks Work Group Seeks New Members
The Research and Data Use (RDU) NAACCR Talks Work Group is seeking new members. NAACCR Talks are scheduled on Mondays at 2:00 pm Eastern Time. While originally these talks were…
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 as central registries build on the State Example edit set…
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 are encouraged to participate in the live sessions, however they…
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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…
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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 and follow childhood cancer cases in the U.S. Its primary…