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The Vital Role of Cancer Registrars: Saving Lives through Quality Cancer Data

Learn about the important role of cancer registrars in collecting and analyzing cancer information to prevent and control cancer, improve patient care, and allocate resources effectively. Discover different types of cancer registries and how they contribute to public health initiatives.

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The Vital Role of Cancer Registrars: Saving Lives through Quality Cancer Data

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  1. Quality Quality Cancer Data Cancer Data The Vital Role of Cancer Registrars in the Fight against Cancer Saves Lives

  2. Cancer Registries • Statistics • Treatment strategies • Public health initiatives

  3. Goal The ultimate goal of collecting cancer information is to prevent and control cancer and improve patient care

  4. Demographics Medical history Diagnosis and prognosis indicators Treatment patterns Cancer recurrence Survival rates Health care insurance coverage Patient eligibility for clinical trials Cancer-related Information

  5. Different Kinds of Cancer Registries

  6. Hospital Cancer Registry

  7. State Cancer Registry

  8. National Cancer Data Base http://www.facs.org/cancer/ncdb/index.html

  9. Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results Program (SEER) http://seer.cancer.gov/

  10. SEER (Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results) Program • Covers approximately 26 percent of the US population • Collects data on: • patient demographics • primary tumor site • tumor morphology and stage at diagnosis • first course of treatment • follow-up for vital status

  11. National Program of Cancer Registries http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/NPCR/

  12. National data are only as good as state and local data Health care providers record patient information and diagnosis Hospital-based cancer registrar abstracts patient information into uniform data sets and checks for an existing record for each patient Patient data are aggregated on a state level, and then sent to national registries (SEER or NPCR)

  13. Cancer Information is Used to Improve Prevention, Research, and Care

  14. Today, NPCR and SEER registries work collaboratively to collect and report cancer statistics on the entire U.S. population.http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/npcr/uscs/

  15. Result Assist physicians in assessing the efficacy of diagnostic and therapeutic methods

  16. Provide information for cancer prevention activities

  17. Result Aide in the decision making about unmet needs, physician recruitment, space needs, resource allocation, and health planning

  18. Cancer data forms much of the body of knowledge used by medical professionals, epidemiologists, policymakers, and public health officials

  19. Allocate resources at local, state, and national levels

  20. Result Respond to local needs through an assessment of referral patterns, cancer trends, and development opportunities

  21. Develop educational programs for health care providers, patients, and the general public

  22. 16 Million

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