Below you will find a variety of national and California-based resources for cancer programs and cancer registrars.
National Resources
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program: A premier source for cancer statistics in the United States.
American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA): A professional organization for the field of medical record management.
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
Commission on Cancer (CoC): A program of the American College of Surgeons that accredits cancer programs through quality assessment.
National Cancer Registrars Association (NCRA): The premier education, credentialing and advocacy resource for cancer data professionals.
NCRA’s The Cancer Registry and the Registrar fact sheet.
California Resources
California Cancer Registry: A department of the California Department of Public Health that collects statewide data, conducts surveillance and research into the causes, controls, and cures of cancer and communicates results to the public.
California Cancer Registrars Association: A professional organization serving the cancer data field in California.
California Dialogue on Cancer (CDOC)