Principles of Oncology for Cancer Registry Professionals
These pages provide a description, registration form, and travel information
for the Principles of Oncology training program. You may also view
or print the information contained here in a single
PDF file.
July 26 - 30, 2004
December 6 - 10, 2004
Bolger Center for Leadership Development
Potomac, Maryland
Registration fee: $695.00*
* The registration fee is reduced for participants who stay at the conference
center.
Principles of Oncology is an intensive five-day training program in cancer registry
operations and procedures emphasizing accurate data collection. The training program
includes extensive site-specific, hands-on case abstracting and coding sessions using both
full medical records and abstracts that are representative of the many situations
registrars may face. This program is endorsed by the National Cancer Registrars
Association (NCRA) and the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries
(NAACCR). NAACCR also serves as the fiscal agent for this program.
The program provides approximately 35 hours of classroom and individualized
instruction on basic registry concepts, such as abstracting, staging
(Collaborative Staging, summary staging and TNM), ICD-O coding,
and using other resources available to registrars. Attendees will
have the benefit of lectures as well as a variety of practical exercises.
Three volumes of training materials prepared especially for this
program will be provided to registrants, together with other printed
materials .
Who Should Attend
This program is suitable for oncology program employees (hospital-based and central
registry) with minimal knowledge of cancer, anatomy, physiology, and medical terminology.
Cancer registrars with less than one year of experience would benefit most from this
program, however registrars with up to three years experience and registrars preparing for
the certification examination are welcome to attend.
Class size will be limited to 25 registrants.
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