In this edition of Cancer Registry World, we welcome Shirley Dalrymple, BS, CTR, RHIT, Coordinator of Quality Review, Cancer Data Services at the Levine Cancer Institute in Charlotte, NC. Ms. Dalrymple will discuss the importance of quality review in the cancer registry and strategies for improving registry quality. Please enjoy listening and learning!

In this edition of Cancer Registry World, we welcome Robert Brookland, MD, Chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Sandra and Malcolm Berman Cancer Institute at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center in Towson, MD. As the current Chair of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC), Dr. Brookland discusses not only the importance of cancer registries for his own specialty but will explain the significance of the registry in the development of cancer staging strategies. Please enjoy listening and learning!

In this edition of Cancer Registry World, we welcome Timothy W. Mullett, MD, MBA, FACS, a thoracic surgeon and medical director at the University of Kentucky’s Markey Cancer Center. As current Chair of the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer, Dr. Mullett discusses the important role for cancer registrars and the benefits of cancer registries. Please enjoy listening and learning!

In this edition of Cancer Registry World, Catherine Bieker, CTR, RHIT, BS-HCA, Director of the Cancer Registry at Legacy SCL Health, now part of Intermountain Healthcare, discusses her journey to becoming a CTR and highlights the benefits of a CTR career. She also discusses the importance of internships for CTRs and the ways that she has supported this effort. Please enjoy listening and learning!

This edition of Cancer Registry World features Barbara Dearmon, BS, CTR, Manager, Oncology Support Services and Cancer Registry Operations at Ascension St. Vincent's Healthcare in Jacksonville. Florida. Barbara is responsible for managing cancer registry operations, monitoring compliance with COC and NAPBC standards in addition to maintaining cancer incidence reporting to the central registry for the health system. She is a past NCRA President, NCRA mentor and currently serves as the NCRA Education Committee Chair. Barbara received the NCRA Distinguished Member Award in 2022 for her outstanding contributions to the cancer registry profession. Please enjoy listening and learning!

In this edition of Cancer Registry World, Lejla Hadzikadic-Gusic, MD, a breast surgeon at the Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute, discusses the role of the cancer registry in providing data to clinicians who care for cancer patients. She also discusses the global implications and importance of cancer registries and reviews her goal of creating meaningful registries in her homeland of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Please enjoy listening and learning.

In this edition of Cancer Registry World, William Laffey, a highly experienced cancer program administrator, discusses the role of administration in assuring that support for cancer registrars and cancer registry activities is paramount at all institutions caring for cancer patients. He also reviews the important types of data that cancer registries provide to the administration of cancer programs. Please enjoy listening and learning.

In this edition of Cancer Registry World, Rohit Nayak, Health Care Innovator & CEO of ERS, Inc. discusses his journey into the world of cancer registry software and looks to the future as new technology is planned to enhance the work of cancer registrars and the increasing ability of cancer registries to collect critical data that are relevant to all cancer patients. Please enjoy listening and learning.