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The Basics

SEER training web site
Designed for beginning registrars.  Includes units covering: 

  • Cancer Registry Operations & Procedures
  • Casefinding
  • Abstracting
  • Coding Primary site & Tumor Morphology
  • Staging a Cancer Case
  • 2007 Multiple Primary and Histology Rules
  • Sixteen major cancer types - Anatomy, site and histology coding, staging, and treatments

Interactive quizzes allow students to gauge their understanding of the material.

Hematopoietic & Lymphoid Neoplasm Online Training
Includes 13 presentations for the hematopoietic and lymphoid neoplasms project. New reportability rules went into effect for cases diagnosed beginning January 1, 2010. Each presentation includes a quiz testing key concepts. The National Cancer Registrars Association has approved the presentations for continuing education units. The presentations are located at the National Cancer Institute SEER Program.

The presentations cover topics such as:

  • Disease presentation and the diagnostic process
  • The lineages of hematopoietic and lymphoid neoplasms
  • How to move through the rules and the database
  • How to use the rules
  • Using the database to its fullest potential
  • How to use the electronic manual efficiently

Cyber Cancer Registry
Interactive virtual registry system that develops and assesses the skills of registry personnel. The site includes exercises in core areas of cancer registry operations and gives immediate feedback to the user. The Cyber Cancer Registry is included in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR) training web site.

NPCR Education and Training Series
NPCR Education and Training Series (NETS) is a series of self-paced modules containing slide presentations with accompanying detailed notes and exercises.  CE’s are not available.  Even though the description states that the NETS is designed for trainers, anyone can access the information. The series are located on the CDC NPCR training web site. Presentations include:

  • Abstracting for the Beginner
  • Quality Control for Central Registries
  • Validating Data with Text
  • Head and Neck Malignancies
  • Gynecologic Malignancies
  • Colorectal Malignancies
  • Lung Malignancies
  • Breast Malignancies
  • Bladder, Prostate, and Testicular Malignancies
  • Users of Cancer Registry Data

How to Collect High Quality Cancer Surveillance Data
Each of 6 units, made up of slide presentations with notes and exercises, focuses on coding site, histology, staging, and treatment data for a major cancer. The modules are located on the CDC NPCR web site and include the following cancers:

  • Breast
  • CNS
  • Colorectal
  • Lung
  • Melanoma/Skin
  • Prostate 

Note:  These presentations include only pre-2007 rules for determining multiple primaries and histology.

Reportability and Case Eligibility
ACR PowerPoint PresentationPDF
0.5 NCRA CE credits awarded. After viewing the presentation, complete the evaluation formWord and email or fax to Georgia Yee at georgia.yee@azdhs.gov or (602) 542-7362 in order to receive credit.

Coding Tips, Tricks, and Traps
ACR Power Point Presentation
PDF
2.0 NCRA CE credits awarded.  After viewing the presentation, complete the quizWord and email or fax to Georgia Yee at georgia.yee@azdhs.gov or (602) 542-7362.  You must receive a score of 70% or higher in order to receive credit.

2007 Multiple Primary and Histology Coding Rules
Training for the Multiple Primary and Histology Coding Rules
Basic and advanced training is provided using several formats: power point slides, web casts and web cast transcripts.  Includes training on general instructions and each of the covered sites.  Exercises are included.  CTR’s may obtain CE’s for participation.  There are two sets of webcasts, "The Fundamentals" and "Beyond the Basics." The training is provided on the National Cancer Institute SEER web site.

Multiple Primaries Technical Bulletins
Multiple Bladder CancersPDF
Recurrence vs. New PrimaryPDF
Multiple Primaries Quick SheetsPDF

Systemic Treatment for Multiple Primary Cancers
ACR Power Point PresentationPDF
NOTE:  1.0 NCRA CE credit awarded. After viewing the presentation, complete the evaluation formWord and email or fax to Georgia Yee at georgia.yee@azdhs.gov or (602) 542-7362 in order to receive credit.

Arizona Cancer Registry Training Workshop June 2, 2011
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