Recap of the Minnesota Cancer Registrars Association and Wisconsin Cancer Registrars Association 2nd Annual Regional Conference Bloomington, Minnesota October 12 – 13, 2017 Submitted by Jackie Ruby, BA, CTR – The first day of the MCRA/WCRA Regional Meeting focused on changes in the 8th Edition AJCC Cancer Staging Manual for prostate, lung and breast cancer primary sites. Some highlights included using prognostic stage instead of anatomic…
Recap of the Louisiana Cancer Registrars Association 2017 Conference October 12 – 13, 2017 Submitted by: Courtney Jagneaux, RHIA, CTR – On October 12th & 13th I had the privilege of representing Registry Partners as a vendor sponsor and guest speaker at the Louisiana Cancer Registrars Association Annual Education Conference hosted at the Sam’s Town Hotel & Casino in Shreveport, Louisiana. The conference was jam packed…
From the CAnswer Forum: Question: Class of case for continuation of care We have a patient that moved to the area and has a history of breast cancer in 2010. She established care at our medical oncologist and continues on Arimidex in Feb 2016 that was begun at the other facility in 2011. In reading, this case would be analytic for our facility. The date…
Jackie Ruby, BA, CTR serves as a Quality Control Manager for Registry Partners Oncology Division. She has worked with Registry Partners since September 2016 where she started as a full time Project CTR. Prior to working with Registry Partners, Jackie spent four years as a Cancer Data Specialist and five years as a Certified Tumor Registrar for Mercy Medical Center in Iowa. Jackie has a…
