by Theresa Vallerand, BGS, CTR | Jul 14, 2020 | Real World Data
COVID-19 has hit the world and is making its impacts known across all landscapes. The cancer registry and abstraction “world” has been impacted in many ways. Our annual educational summits (NCRA Annual Meeting, NAACCR Annual Meeting, etc.) as well as many other...
by Theresa Vallerand, BGS, CTR | Mar 20, 2020 | Oncology Data Services
Certified Tumor Registrars (also known as CTRs or registrars) are moving to the remote work environment at a steady pace. Today, contract services being offered remotely via secure internet connections are commonplace, as are facility-based registrars working either...
by Theresa Vallerand, BGS, CTR | Mar 7, 2019 | Oncology Data Services
In a previous blog post, I shared some tips for getting started with the STORE manual (STandards for Oncology Registry Entry). This post will focus on the data collection changes that are part of STORE. As we know, some of the changes were expected; others have taken...
by Theresa Vallerand, BGS, CTR | Mar 4, 2019 | Oncology Data Services
Data collections standards changed as of January 1, 2018. Unfortunately, the manual to go along with those changes – STandards for Oncology Registry Entry (STORE) – was released much later in the year. At 506 pages long, it can seem quite daunting, but please, do not...
by Theresa Vallerand, BGS, CTR | Nov 5, 2018 | Oncology Data Services
The American Joint Committee on Cancer’s Eighth Edition of the Cancer Staging Manual is now available—and in electronic format! The news was announced via NCRA’s Newsletter on September 20, 2018 and is posted on the AJCC website. You can also join discussions about...
