National Cancer Registrars Week is April 9 – 13, 2012
Cancer Registrars at Roper St. Francis Cancer Care are joining their colleagues throughout the United States and abroad to observe the annual National Cancer Registrars Week (NCRW), April 9 - 13, 2012.
The purpose of NCRW is to emphasize the foundation cancer registrars provide for cancer research, prevention and treatment. The 2012 NCRW theme, Partners in Progress, reflects the role of the cancer registrar in partnering with the medical community for a cancer-free tomorrow.
Cancer registrars -- data information specialists -- collect and code patient-level data which provide essential information to healthcare providers and health officials to better monitor and improve cancer treatment, conduct research and target cancer prevention and screening programs.
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Cancer registrars work in a variety of cancer treatment and research settings and manage a wide range of demographic and medical data on those with cancer. The information is both submitted and utilized by state and national cancer registries to enable cancer programs to accurately determine cancer patient populations, measure outcomes of treatment and survival, and formulate plans for improvement.
These data are included in numerous publications including the prestigious Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, a collaboration of the American Cancer Society, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Cancer Institute, and the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries, that uses cancer registry data to provide updated information on cancer occurrence and trends.
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Roper St. Francis Cancer Data Management Department was established in 1992. The Cancer Program was first awarded Commission on Cancer Accreditation in July 1995 and has received re-accreditation every three years since. Please join us in celebrating the important work our staff perform each day contributing to a cancer free tomorrow.
Special thanks to:
Laurie Josiger, CTR, Supervisor
Jennifer Escojido, CTR
Tammy Altman, CTR
Kelly Bartlett, CTR
Lisa Knight, CTR
Linda Lucas, CTR
Nicole Gilmore
Kathy Smith, CTR
Joanne Walter
Robert Wimmer, CTR
Ellen Kolender, RHIA, CTR, Manager
Kim Greene, CTR
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