All NCRA Events, Education, State Meetings, Partner Events, and more.
E-mail Lauren Martella, Marketing and Strategic Partnerships Manager, to add your event to the calendar; NCRA will list the date(s), location of city if there is an in-person component, and the link to the landing page for the event or registration. Non-profit partner organizations and cancer registry state events are accepted. A link for registration to the event is required: NCRA does not display start and end times on this page but does provide the opportunity to link to information regarding the event which would include further details. If no link can be provided, please include a contact email for inquiries to be directed. 

2024

 

January

Cervical Health Awareness Month

January 16
2024 ODS Exam Prep Series Webinar I: Casefinding/STR

January 18
2024 ODS Exam Prep Series Webinar II: Abstracting & Coding I

January 23
2024 ODS Exam Prep Series Webinar III: Abstracting & Coding II

January 25
2024 ODS Exam Prep Series Webinar IV: Abstracting & Coding III
Danielle Chufar Memorial Annual Conference Scholarship Submission Deadline

January 30
2024 ODS Exam Prep Series Webinar V: Data Usage, Analysis, and Quality Assurance

January 31
NCRA Awards Nomination Submission Deadline
NCRA Membership Renewal Deadline 
ODS RE-Certification Deadline for CE Cycles ending 2023

February

National Cancer Prevention Month

February 1
2024 ODS Exam Prep Series Webinar VI: Cancer Program Accreditations

February 4
World Cancer Day

February 6
2024 ODS Exam Prep Series Webinar VII: Follow-Up, Registry Organization and Operations

February 26- March 8
NCRA Elections
NCRA Members Vote and Make Your Voices Heard!

March

National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
Kidney Cancer Awareness Month
Multiple Myeloma Awareness Month

March 12
Anal Cancer Awareness Day 

March 15
Deadline for Early Bird 2024 Annual Educational Conference Registration Rate
Available to all Registrants: Savings of $100 for NCRA members who register by March 15!

March 21
Anniversary of the First CTR Exam in 1983

March 22
2024 Virtual GATRA (Georgia Tumor Registrars Association) ODS Exam Prep Workshop

April

National Cancer Control Month
Esophageal Cancer Awareness Month
Minority Cancer Awareness Month
Testicular Cancer Awareness Month

April 8-12
National Cancer Registrars Week 2024

April 13-19
National Oral, Head, and Neck Cancer Awareness Week

April 24-27
NCRA 50th Annual Educational Conference
Indianapolis, Indiana 

May

Bladder Cancer Awareness Month
Brain Tumor Awareness Month
Cancer Research Month
Melanoma and Skin Cancer Awareness Month
Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month

June

Cancer Survivors Month

June 15-21
National Black Family Cancer Awareness

July

Sarcoma and Bone Cancer Awareness Month

August

September

Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
Uterine Cancer Awareness Month
Gynecological Cancer Awareness Month
Blood Cancer Awareness Month
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month

September 19-20
54th Annual Ohio Cancer Registrars Association (OCRA) Educational State Meeting

October

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Liver Cancer Awareness Month

November

Lung Cancer Awareness Month
Carcinoid Cancer Awareness Month
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
Stomach Cancer Awareness Month

November 7
National Cancer Awareness Day

December

December 31
NCRA membership cycle 2024 expires
Deadline to renew January 31, 2024
ODS Re-certification CE cycle ending 2025 expires 
Deadline to submit January 31, 2024