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.
January 20 2026 ODS Exam Prep 7-Part Webinar Series Begins Webinar I: Casefinding and Solid Tumor Rules
January 22 2026 ODS Exam Prep 7-Part Webinar Series Begins Webinar II: Abstracting & Coding I
January 27 2026 ODS Exam Prep 7-Part Webinar Series Begins Webinar III: Abstracting & Coding II
January 29 Deadline: Apply for the Danielle Chufar Memorial Annual Conference Scholarship 2026 ODS Exam Prep 7-Part Webinar Series Begins Webinar IV: Abstracting & Coding III
January 31 NCRA Awards Nomination Submission Deadline NCRA Membership Renewal Deadline ODS Credential Maintenance Deadline for CE Cycles ending 2025
National Cancer Prevention Month Black History Month
February 3 2026 ODS Exam Prep 7-Part Webinar Series Begins Webinar V: Follow-Up, Registry Organization and Operations
February 4 World Cancer Day
February 5 2026 ODS Exam Prep 7-Part Webinar Series Begins Webinar VI: Data Usage, Analysis and Quality Assurance
February 6 2026 ODS Exam Prep 7-Part Webinar Series Begins Webinar VII: Cancer Program Accreditations
February 11 Winter 2026 Three-Part Webinar Series - Abstracting & Coding Begins Webinar 1: Understand Prostate Cancer for Accurate Abstracting
February 18 Live Webinar - NCI-SEER Virtual Roundtable: Cancer PathCHART Updates for 2026 Release (Winter 2026)
February 25 Winter 2026 Three-Part Webinar Series - Abstracting & Coding Begins Webinar 2: Coding Bile Duct Cancer
National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month Kidney Cancer Awareness Month Multiple Myeloma Awareness Month Women's History Month Ethics Awareness Month
March 4 Winter 2026 Three-Part Webinar Series - Abstracting & Coding Begins Webinar 3: All About NET Tumors
March 12 Anal Cancer Awareness Day
March 20 Deadline for Early Bird 2026 Annual Educational Conference Registration Rate Available to all Registrants: Savings of $100 for NCRA members who register by March 20!
March 21 Anniversary of the First CTR Exam in 1983
National Cancer Control Month Esophageal Cancer Awareness Month Minority Cancer Awareness Month Testicular Cancer Awareness Month National Arab American Heritage Month National Volunteer Month
April 6-10 National Cancer Registrars Week 2026
April 16-22 National Oral, Head, and Neck Cancer Awareness Week
Bladder Cancer Awareness Month Brain Tumor Awareness Month Cancer Research Month Melanoma and Skin Cancer Awareness Month Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month Asian Amercian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Jewish American Heritage Month
May 5-8 NCRA 2026 Annual Educational Conference Louisville, KY
Cancer Survivors Month Caribbean-American Heritage Month LGBTQ+ Pride Month
June 15-21 National Black Family Cancer Awareness
Sarcoma and Bone Cancer Awareness Month Disability Pride Month
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 15-30 National Hispanic Heritage Month Begins
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month Liver Cancer Awareness Month
October 1-15 National Hispanic Heritage Month Continues
Lung Cancer Awareness Month Carcinoid Cancer Awareness Month Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month Stomach Cancer Awareness Month Native American Heritage Month National Veterans and Military Families Month
November 7 National Cancer Awareness Day
December 31 NCRA membership cycle 2026 expires Deadline to renew January 31, 2026 ODS Credential Maintenance CE cycle ending 2026 expires Deadline to submit January 31, 2026
NCRA Annual Educational Conference
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Cancer registrars are data information specialists who 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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