Cancer Registry Management; AAS
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. Certified Tumor Registrars (CTR) are data information specialists that capture a complete history, diagnosis, treatment, and health status for every cancer patient in the U.S. The data provide essential information to researchers, healthcare providers, and public health officials to better monitor and advance cancer treatments, condu
Courses
- BIO-110 — Fund Anatomy & Phys I
- BIO-111 — Fund Anat & Phys I Lab
- BIO-114 — Fund Anatomy & Phys II
- BIO-212 — Human Anat & Phys II
- CIS-161 — Computer Applications
- COM-200 — Bus. & Prof. Communication
- ENG-101 — College Composition I
- HIT-103 — Legal Aspects of Health Info
- HIT-106 — Medical Terminology
- HIT-115 — Pathophysiology
- HIT-117 — Pharmacology
- HIT-224 — Healthcare Info Systems
- MCR-102 — Intro to Cancer Registry Mgmnt
- MCR-111 — Canc Reg Disease Coding & Stag
- MCR-114 — Oncology and Coding
- MCR-201 — Abstracting Methods
- MCR-204 — Follow Up, Data Quality & Util
- MCR-211 — Sld Tumor Rls & Hematopoietics
- MCR-220 — Cancer Registry Practicum
- MTH-107 — Introduction to Statistics
- PSY-101 — Intro to Psychology
- SPE-102 — Public Speaking