A.Fritz and Associates, LLC - Preparing Cancer Registry Professionals for the Future


Principles of Oncology
Daily Class Schedule

Starting time each day: 8:30 a.m. Completion time each day: 5:00 p.m.
Dress: casual/comfortable (weather is variable; dress in layers; jeans are OK)
 

MONDAY
 Introductions and pre-test
ICD-O coding
Reportable lists and casefinding
Introduction to Multiple Primary and Histology
     Coding Rules
Summary staging and how cancer spreads
Abstracting data from the medical record
Homework assignments

 

TUESDAY
 Review answers to homework assignments
TNM staging concepts
Collaborative Staging

Colon cancer*
Lung cancer*
Treatment of cancer
Homework assignments

 

WEDNESDAY
 Review answers to homework assignments
Prostate cancer*

Kidney and bladder cancer*
Breast cancer*
Female genital cancers*

The Big Picture of Cancer Data Collection

Homework assignments

THURSDAY
 Review answers to homework assignments
Head and neck cancers*
Hematopoietic Diseases

Hematopoietic Multiple Primary Rules

Lymphomas
Basic Statistics and Essential Quality
     Control Techniques
Cancer program approval requirements
Homework assignments

 

FRIDAY
 Review answers to homework assignments
Follow-up Techniques
Resources for the registrar
Brain tumors*

Highlights of other cancers: esophagus,

stomach, testis, biliary tract, and more
Workshop review and post-test
The Cancer Registry in Jeopardy

 

updated December 2011

* includes anatomy, ICD-O-3 coding, Multiple Primary and Histology Coding rules, abstracting guidelines, staging, treatment and exercises using case summaries. Although the principles of summary staging and TNM 7th edition staging are taught, the Collaborative Staging System (version 02.04) will be used to code the cases.

Note: Friday is scheduled as a full class day. Please do not make return travel arrangements earlier than 6:00 pm.

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