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Newsletter February 2025
WORDS TO THE WISE
Tumor Tip from Janet Vogel at Omega Health Management:
01-24-2025 What’s New in 2025
Required Reading
- 2025 NAACCR Implementation Guidelines and Recommendations (Revised January 2025) https://www.naaccr.org/implementation-guidelines/
- ICD-O-3.2 (no update for 2025. Continue to use 2024 Annotated Histology List and 3.2 update). Implementation Documents for implementation in 2024 https://www.naaccr.org/icdo3/
- SSDI & Grade Manual Version 3.2 Change Log https://apps.naaccr.org/ssdi/list/
- SEER Program Coding and Staging Manual 2025 Summary of Changes https://seer.cancer.gov/tools/codingmanuals/
- Solid Tumor Rules November 2024 Revision History https://seer.cancer.gov/tools/solidtumor/revisions.html
- STORE 2025 Summary of Changes https://www.facs.org/quality-programs/cancer-programs/national-cancer-database/ncdb-call-for-data/
- AJCC New Version 9 Protocols Added https://store.facs.org/ajcc-staging-online
Webinars
- V25 Updates: Solid Tumor Rules, SSDI, and More! https://education.naaccr.org/updates-implementation
- Omega Tumor Talk: What’s New in 2025 Scheduled for February 26, 2025, 12-1 ET be sure to watch for emails to sign up or monitor our website for a chance to register https://www.omegahms.com/events-webinars/
NCRA
- NCRA Strategic Management Plan https://www.ncra-usa.org/About/Governance/Strategic-Management-Plan
- NCRW April 7-11, 2025, https://www.ncra-usa.org/About/National-Cancer-Registrars-Week
- NCRA Annual Educational Conference Envisioning Tomorrow: Oncology Making in the Making May 3-6, 2025, Orlando, FL https://www.ncra-usa.org/Conference/2025-NCRA-Annual-Conference
- CEIP Continuing Education in Person https://www.ncra-usa.org/ODS-Credential/CEIP
- Cancer Registry Events Calendar https://www.ncra-usa.org/About/Cancer-Registry-Events-Calendar
View more Tumor Tips from Janet Vogel at Omega Health Management at this link: https://www.omegahms.com/category/tumor-talk/
FLccSC New for February
The FLccSC site is back up!! NAACCR Webinars that were previously missing are now loaded into the available courses. If you have any trouble logging in or changing your password, reach out to me. I can try to help.
Free Training and CE’s! SEER Educate New Releases 2025 https://educate.fredhutch.org/Identity/Account/Login?ReturnUrl=%2F
For those taking the ODS exam:
- CoC Standards – 150 questions
- Synoptic Reporting Standards – 30 questions
- Quality Initiatives Standard – 20 questions
New for Category A CE’s (new and experienced professionals)
DX 2024 Histology for CE’s – 100 cases
NOTICE
The MCRA Spring Workshop will not be held this year.
If anyone would like to volunteer for President or Vice-President, please email Angel Davis @ adavis6@umc.edu for information.
Online elections can be held if needed.
Mississippi Cancer Registry Home Page
Director UMMC & MCR: Deirdre Rogers, dbrogers@umc.edu
MCR Manager: Angel Davis, adavis6@umc.edu
Clinical Systems Analyst-Intermediate: Kristy Brister, kabrister@umc.edu
Data Quality Analyst–Trainer: Lisa Hamel, lhamel@umc.edu
Electronic Data Source Coordinator: Madeline Hall, mnhall@umc.edu
ODS-C Stacy Major, semajor@umc.edu
ODS-C Mallory R. Israel, misrael@umc.edu
ODS Laken A. Frederick, lfrederick@umc.edu
ODS Melody Brenemen, mbrenemen@umc.edu
Admin. Assistant Michelle Smith, mrsmith2@umc.edu