April Fritz, RHIT, CTR, 
has been
ACCOMODATIONS
Please make your room
reservations directly with
Homewood Suites by Hilton
3620 West Avera Drive
Sioux Falls, SD 57108
Phone: 605-338-8585
siouxfalls.homewoodsuites.com
There is a block of rooms (suites)
reserved under “CRAD”
for $99.00 per night + tax
Rooms must be reserved by August 25th
CRAD CONTACT:
Joell Letzring, RHIT, CTR
(701)843-7264 or (701)328-2306
bjletz@westriv.com
a teacher and trainer of cancer registry
professionals for more than thirty
years. She has served on the editorial
committees of numerous international
standard registry references, including:
ICD-O-3, AJCC Cancer Staging
Manual, 6th and 7th editions, AJCC
CANCER
Cancer Staging Atlas, 6th Edition,
Collaborative Staging and Coding Manual, versions 1
REGISTRARS
and 2, Cancer Registry CASEbooks, Volumes I and
II, Summary Staging Manual 2000 and SEER*Rx.
ASSOCIATION
April is a former president of the National Cancer
Registrars Association. Professional honors include
OF THE
the Distinguished Member and Education awards
from the National Cancer Registrars Association, the
DAKOTAS
Distinguished Service Award from the North
American Association of Central Cancer Registries,
2010
and service awards from the NCI.   ANNUAL
CONFERENCE
John Lee, MD, FACS
Dr. Lee offers clinical trials that
focus on HPV(+) and HPV(-) head
and neck cancers. In this manner,
patients will receive innovative
treatments in addition to the best
current standard treatment. Dr. Lee received his Thursday, September 16, 2010
formal undergraduate education at Stanford
University and then went on to be clinically trained at Friday, September 17, 2010
the University of Iowa ENT residency program, which
was ranked number 2 in the U.S. for 10 years. Dr.
Lee was also a professor at the University of Iowa
where he published over 20 articles and book
chapters: Experienced in Subspecialized Surgical
Care for Head & Neck Cancer Patients, National
Cancer Institute Cancer Center Member and Identical Homewood Suites by Hilton
but Different: Mechanism of Cancer Development 3620 West Avera Drive
and Response to Treatment for Human Sioux Falls, SD 57108
Papillomavirus-Related and Non-Related Squamous Phone: 605-338-8585
Cell Cancer of the Head and Neck.
OBJECTIVES:
1. Improve attendee’s understanding of Thursday, September 16, 2010 Friday, September 17, 2010
Head and Neck cancer treatments and
staging and how this understanding can 7:00 – 7:45 Registration 7:00 – 7:45 Continental Breakfast
improve patient care through your data Hotel Continental Breakfast
collection efforts. 7:45 – 8:00 Welcome
2. Gain knowledge on new oncologic 7:45 – 8:00 Welcome Marianne Siegfried, BS, CTR
pharmacy issues and chemotherapy types Marianne Siegfried, BS, CTR CRAD 2010 President
and procedures and apply that knowledge CRAD 2010 President
in the cancer registry. 8:00 – 10:00 MP/H Rules Review
3. Learn about approaches to medical care April Fritz
8:00 – 9:00 Head & Neck Cancer
that brings patient and practitioner
John Lee, MD, FACS
together in a dynamic partnership 10:00 – 10:15 Break
Sanford Clinic, Sioux Falls, SD
dedicated to optimizing the patient's health
and healing. This approach focuses on the
9:00 – 10:00 Chemotherapy Update 10:15– 12:00 Ambiguous Terminology
whole person, recognizing that the subtle
Bill Bradfeldt, Clinical Making Learning Fun
interactions of mind, body, spirit and
Chemotherapy Pharmacist April Fritz
community have a direct impact on vitality
and well-being.
4. Review tumor grading guidelines and gain 10:00–10:15 Break 12:00 Closing Remarks
knowledge to apply this to our registry
work. 10:15 – 11:30 Integrative Medicine
5. Find out what changes have been made to Speaker TBA Receipt of registration is due 9/6/2010 for
both CSv2 and SSF’s for Breast, Colon lunch count.
and Lung and how they have affected 11:30 – 1:00 Lunch (CRAD business mtg.
abstracting of 2010 cases. begins)
6. Review MP/H rules through practice 10 NCRA CE credits are in application
examples and apply the gained 1:00 – 2:00 Grading Rules
knowledge. April Fritz
7. Enjoy a fun way to test your knowledge Cancellation Policy
of Cancer Registry through a game of 2:00 – 3:00 New CSv2 Update Only weather related refunds will be
JEOPARDY with April Fritz April Fritz considered and must be requested within 30
days for a 50% refund. If the registrant cannot
3:00 – 3:15 Break attend due to other reasons, you may
designate substitute.
3:15 – 4:45 Site Specific Factors
Review for Breast, Colon and
Lung – April Fritz

4:45 – 5:15 CRAD Business Meeting

*Order and times of presentations are subject to
change resumes