Happy National Cancer Registrar Week, April 8-12, 2024, from our registry to yours! We are cancer registrars. Do you ever wonder how cancer statistics are collected? How do doctors determine what cancer treatments are the most effective? Or how public health officials learn where clusters of cancer diagnoses are located? The work that we do … Read more

Oncology Data Specialists (ODS) are, as stated by the National Cancer Registrars Association (NCRA): “… data information specialists that capture a complete history, diagnosis, treatment, and health status for every cancer patient in the U.S. The curated data provides essential information to researchers, healthcare providers, and public health officials to better monitor and advance cancer … Read more

  Dear UNC Lineberger Cancer Network Friend,     I hope you were able to spend some relaxing time with family and friends during the holidays. I want to wish you the very best for the year ahead from the entire UNC Lineberger Cancer Network team.   The bird in the photo is a pileated woodpecker. It … Read more

We would like to take this opportunity to introduce a name change to the CTR credential. The National Cancer Registrars Association (NCRA) has changed the name of its credential. Oncology Data Specialist (ODS) is the new name for the Certified Tumor Registrar (CTR) credential. The updated credential name better aligns with the evolving scope of … Read more

In recognition of November as Lung, Pancreas, Stomach, and Neuroendocrine Cancer Awareness Month, and in our continuing effort to help shine light on the benefit of cancer registries, we would like to examine the risk factors among these four cancer sites based on information from the American Cancer Society (ACS). The American Cancer Society is … Read more