Partners in Progress in the Nation’s Fight Against Cancer
[April 12, 2012– Fergus Falls, MN] – Lake Region Healthcare Cancer Care & Research Center is joining colleagues, medical professionals and community leaders nationwide to observe National Cancer Registrars Week (NCRW) April 9 – 13. The purpose of NCRW is to emphasize the foundation cancer registrars provide for cancer research, prevention and treatment.
Cancer registrars are data information specialists that collect and code patient-level data for cancer registries. The registries provide essential information to healthcare providers and health officials to better monitor and improve cancer treatment, conduct research and target cancer prevention and screening programs.
Lake Region Healthcare Cancer Care & Research Center’s registrar manages a wide range of data on its cancer patients. The data submitted by the registrar is submitted and utilized by state and national cancer registries to enable cancer programs to accurately determine cancer patient populations, measure outcomes of treatment and survival, and formulate plans for improvement. These data are included in numerous publications including the prestigious Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, a collaboration of the American Cancer Society, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Cancer Institute, and the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries.
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