Cancer Registry Management Career Certificate

This program prepares students for a career in the field of Cancer Registry Management. Cancer registration is an important and fundamental tool in cancer control. A cancer registry has been defined as a system for the collection, storage, analysis, and interpretation of data on persons with cancer, within a healthcare facility or group of healthcare facilities. This certificate fulfills Path A-2 of the National Cancer Registry Association (NCRA) requirements to sit for the Certified Tumor Registry (CTR) exam. Certified Tumor Registrars are data information specialists that capture a complete history, diagnosis, treatment, and health status for every cancer patient in the U.S. The Cancer Registry Management Program curriculum was designed so that: 1) a student who is a credentialed registered health information technician (RHIT) and possesses an A.A.S. degree, with the required NCRA prerequisites, can take the cancer registry courses and receive a certificate upon completion. 2) a student who possesses a minimum of an associate degree (or the equivalent of 60 college credit hours) and completes the four (4) required NCRA prerequisite courses: Medical Terminology, Anatomy & Physiology I & II lecture and healthcare computing can take the cancer registry courses and receive a certificate upon completion.