Donna Morrell is a Director, Registry Operations at Keck Medicine of USC based in Los Angeles, California. Previously, Donna was a Director, Operations at North American Association of Central Cancer Registries.... Read More. Where is Donna Morrell based?

SEER registries are required to collect data on persons who are diagnosed with cancer who, at the time of diagnosis, are residents of the geographic area covered by the SEER registry. Cases

cancer registry for Los Angeles County and it identifies and obtains information on all incident (newly diagnosed) cancer patients within the geographic boundaries of the County. The registry was organized in 1970 and it operates within the administrative structure of the University of Southern California (USC) Keck

Cancer registrars are data information specialists who capture a complete history, diagnosis, treatment, and health status for every cancer patient in the U.S. The curated data provides essential information to researchers, healthcare providers, and public health officials to better monitor and advance cancer treatments, conduct research, and ...

Los Angeles Cancer Surveillance Program –Every hospital screened at least monthly –Pathology reports hand-delivered to central registry at least weekly –Staff enters diagnosis and patient data into RCA database, assigns unique identifier barcode –Copies of RCA study-eligible pathology reports hand or overnight delivered to investigator

Objective: To conduct an analysis of localized prostate cancer treatment in the USA between 1998 and 2002. Patients and methods: Results from the National Cancer Institute's Patterns of Care study from 10 regional cancer registries in 1998 and 14 registries in 2002 were compared using univariate and multivariate statistical methods.

This document is intended for use by the staff of a population-based cancer registry as a guide to preparing a detailed policy and procedure manual for the operation of the registry. Original release: January 2001

Cancer registrars are data information specialists who capture a complete history, diagnosis, treatment, and health status for every cancer patient in the U.S. The curated data provides essential information to researchers, healthcare providers, and public health officials to better monitor and advance cancer treatments, conduct research, and ...