Congratulations to all the winners who were honored at the 2017 NCRA Annual Educational Conference in Washington, DC.
Outstanding New Professional Award Jocelyn Hoopes, MLIS, CTR (pictured below on the right), and Joan Barr, CTR, RN
Article: Timeliness of Breast Cancer Treatment in Delaware. Summer;43(2):74-81 Authors: Stephanie H. Belinske, MPH (pictured below on left) with Karen Monahan, MHA, CTR for Metriq (Elekta); James Spellman, MD; Lisa Henry, MS; Marjorie Shannon, MS NCRA 2017 Danielle Chufar Memorial Annual Conference Scholarship Title of Essay: The Future of Auto Populating the Cancer Registry Database, and How It Will Affect the Cancer Registry Profession: Outline the Advantages and Disadvantages Author: Thora Conrad, BS, CTR Poster Session Winners 1st Place: The Early Bird Doesn’t Always Get the Worm: Evaluation of 15-Month Re-Submission of Abstracts to Utah Cancer Registry Presenter: Kacey Wigren, RHIT, CTR 2nd Place: Optimizing the EMR in the Tumor Registry Presenter: Denise Lutkemeier, RN, CTR 3rd Place: Community Colorectal Cancer Screening Presenter: Rebecca Wheeler, CTR
Cancer registrars are 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 treatments, conduct research, and improve cancer prevention and screening programs. Learn more about how to become a cancer registrar and how cancer registry data is used to improve public health.
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