National Cancer Registrars Association

Take advantage of the 2025 Membership Renewal Subscription Package! NCRA is again offering a continuing education package for renewing members that includes a one-year subscription to NCRA's Center for Cancer Registry Education (CCRE). The subscription contains 14 learning activities, totaling 15 CEs and 8 Category A hours for $180! Total value of package is $650.

Once you log in to renew your 2025 membership, select the option to add the CCRE subscription to your shopping cart: https://bit.ly/3zfZGnn

Learn more by viewing the Subscription Product List and Fact Sheet: https://bit.ly/3WBBdou. This subscription is the most cost-effective way to earn CEs needed to maintain your ODS credential and to keep up-to-date with changes in the cancer registry profession!

The subscription runs from January 3, 2025 through December 31, 2025. It is a per-person subscription; there is no carry over into 2026. Offer ends December 31, 2024.

NCRA is exhibiting in Booth 516 at the Association of VA Hematology/Oncology (AVAHO)'s Annual Meeting September 20-22 in Atlanta, GA! AVAHO is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting hematology and oncology professionals who care for our nation's Veterans, with a mission to increase the skills and abilities of veteran-centered cancer care professionals.

Submit a nomination for NCRA Leadership by October 18, 2024! Active NCRA Members have a great opportunity to serve the cancer registrar community through participating in NCRA leadership nominations and elections! Active members can nominate themselves or a colleague who would be an asset to the NCRA team. The following positions are on the ballot for 2025:

Board Positions
President-Elect/Secretary (one-year term with rollup to President)
Treasurer Junior (one-year term with rollup to Treasurer Senior)
Educational Board Director (two-year term)
Recruitment and Retention Director (two-year term)
Advocacy and Technical Practice Directors (ATPD) East (two-year term)
Advocacy and Technical Practice Directors (ATPD) Midwest (two-year term)
Advocacy and Technical Practice Directors (ATPD) West (two-year term)

Other Positions
Council on Certification Representatives (two-year term, four open positions)
Nominating Committee (one-year term, two positions per region)
https://www.ncra-usa.org/Membership/Nominations-and-Elections

NCRA members are now able to renew membership for 2025. When you renew, you continue to have access to all the benefits of membership including access to industry news via the quarterly newsletter, discounted webinars, complimentary educational opportunities, connecting with mentors and colleagues, voting privileges for NCRA leadership, and much more.

Members who renew by September 30, 2024 will receive complimentary access to one online continuing education Learning Module on NCRA's Center for Registry Education (CCRE). It is a great way to earn one free CE (a $50 value) by December 31, 2024! The discount code will be included on your renewal receipt.

Get ahead of the game and renew easily online now!
https://www.ncra-usa.org/Membership/Renew

Deadline Extended to September 11, 2024!

Share your expertise with the cancer registry community at NCRA’s 2025 Annual Educational Conference on May 3-6, 2025, at the Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld® in Orlando, Florida. Oral and poster abstracts will be accepted through the 2025 NCRA Online Abstract Collection Site at https://www.ncra-usa.org/2025Abstracts through Wednesday, September 11, 2024.
The 2025 Program Committee will review all submissions. Authors of selected abstracts will be notified by mid-November 2024

NCRA’s online Review Guide for the Cancer Registry Management Principles and Practice for Hospitals and Central Cancer Registries, 4th Edition textbook includes review questions for each chapter to help gauge understanding of critical topics and concepts outlined in the chapter. Answers include rationales to assist student learning. This is a great resource for students using the textbook, and candidates preparing to take the ODS credentialing exam.

This is an online product available through the Center for Cancer Registry Education. Member price: $30; non-member price $50.
https://www.cancerregistryeducation.org/textbook

NCRA is offering a three-part live fall webinar series on Abstracting & Coding. Sites include Liver, Brain and CNS, and Gynecologic. Presented by physicians, the webinars will outline specific cancer cases, highlighting abstracting and coding issues and challenges for each site. All webinars at 2:00 PM ET. Register for the three-part series by September 6 and save 15%. NCRA offers discount pricing for groups of six registrants or more! Learn more and register! https://www.cancerregistryeducation.org/live-webinars