If anyone knows of a registrar who's available for a bit of extra work in the next month or two, please send my contact info to them! Thanks so much! Lisa...
I have been in the medical field for over 30 years, with 20+ specific to Cancer Registry. Maybe I am just getting old and want to retire, but I am so...
... standard setting organizations going after their own agendas or special pet areas of interest that can effect everyone working in this field. I think the...
My patient was dx'd 4.5 yrs ago w/lt breast cancer & was placed on Tamoxifen at that time. She has now presented with cancer in her rt breast. She was...
... breast ... I would put the date she began the treatment for her right breast since the earlier date for the lft breast was for a separate primary....
... <no_reply@> ... on ... her rt ... w/axillary ... physcian has ... for ... breast ... primary. ... Reply from Laurie - I agree. All other previous forms of...
I would use the date that the physician recommended she stay on Tamoxifen. If that date wasn't clear, I'd at least guess at the month and year. Lisa [Non-text...
I have neglected this group for a while now and would like to get it back active. This can be such a valuable resource tool that I hope we can get some use...
I would love to ask questions and have them answered timely and to make sense. I am very frustrated with the I&R - it takes weeks for them to respond and...
I think the sample cases would be interesting, and such a thing might provide a forum in which questions could be answered by people actually working the in...
Yes, I would enjoy the additional resources and contacts. Thank you, Leigh Tennille Hardy, CTR Cancer Registry, Zimmer Cancer Center phone: (910) 343-7151 ...
I just coordinated a survey at a facility where the surveyor said that the college now recommends 1 FTE per 350 cases. Hope this helps! Lisa [Non-text portions...
Surveyors are not supposed to use the number of 350. This is an old number used in 1981 and I've heard there is a study being discussed in regards to what...
Check the NCRA website - there is a tool that allows for this kind of calculation, buts to any facility, including those that are COC accredited. loril_ga...
That sounds great! ... From: Nancy <nancyctr@...> To: cancerregistrargroup@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 11:00:02 AM Subject: [Cancer...
You can also get the survey summary and great stats on the average number of hours needed in each area of cancer registry on the NCRA web site. It's a great...
I looked at the NCRA website and printed off the Work force study but it is almost 7 years old now and in registry terms that is almost "obsolete"!!! So, I was...
Sure, I'll be glad to help. Let me know what you need me to do. ... From: loril_ga <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> To: cancerregistrargroup@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
We are being surveyed in June and since I have not gone through a survey in quite some time (new here), can anyone give me some tips on what to expect, what to...
Reportability: If a patient has a prostate bx in the physician office, comes to our facility with a week or two for a staging work up that doesn't show mets,...
This is not reportable unless the pt. had a bx. in the hospital or had treatment. ... From: cancerregistrargroup@yahoogroups.com on behalf of loril_ga Sent:...
I will be out of the office starting 04/20/2007 and will not return until 04/30/2007. Please feel free to leave me an e-mail message or a message on my voice ...
I will be out of the office starting 04/20/2007 and will not return until 04/30/2007. If you need immediate assistance, please call my manager, Toni Bausch at...