CRM Cancer Registry Structure and Management (CRSM) Reading Assignments

This is a complete list of reading assignments for the CRM CRSM course. These reading assignments are
also included at lesson-level within each online presentation. Most websites and downloadable
materials on this list are linked within the CRM Resources & Required Readings page located in the
Syllabus. However, some websites are linked within the course.

Module 1

Lesson 1:
• Cancer Registry Management Principles and Practices for Hospitals and Central Registries, 3rd
Edition
o Chapter 1: Introduction to Cancer Registries
• Cancer Program Standards: Ensuring Patient-Centered Care, 2016
o Introduction: The CoC Accreditation Process
• ACS online: History of Cancer Epidemiology
• CDC online:
o Cancer Registries Amendment Act
o CDC Fact Sheets
• NCRA online: An Introduction to the Cancer Registry

Lesson 2:
• Cancer Registry Management Principles and Practices for Hospitals and Central Registries, 3rd
Edition
o Chapter 3: Staffing, Office Space, Equipment, and Budgets

Lesson 3:
• Cancer Registry Management Principles and Practices for Hospitals and Central Registries, 3rd
Edition
o Chapter 3: Staffing, Office Space, Equipment, and Budgets

Lesson 4:
• Cancer Registry Management Principles and Practices for Hospitals and Central Registries, 3rd
Edition
o Chapter 3: Staffing, Office Space, Equipment, and Budgets
Module 2

Lesson 5:
• Cancer Registry Management Principles and Practices for Hospitals and Central Registries, 3rd
Edition
o Chapter 6: Health Information Privacy and Security

Lesson 6:
• ACS online: Data Confidentiality
• CDC online: Assurances of Confidentiality
• HHS online:
o Business Associate Contracts
o Business Associates
o Health Information Privacy
• NAACCR online: HIPAA Resources for Cancer Registries
o HIPAA Questions on NAACCR Letterhead
o Academic Letter Regarding HIPAA
o Legal Letter Interpreting HIPAA
o FAQs about HIPAA and Reporting for Hospital Based Cancer Registry
o FAQs about HIPAA and Cancer Registry

Lesson 7:
• Cancer Registry Management Principles and Practices for Hospitals and Central Registries, 3rd
Edition
o Chapter 4: Legal and Ethical Aspects of Cancer Data
Module 3

Lesson 8:
• Cancer Registry Management Principles and Practices for Hospitals and Central Registries, 3rd
Edition
o Chapter 36: Central Cancer Registries - Introduction through Ethics
o Chapter 36: Central Cancer Registries - History of US Central Cancer Registries through
Summary
Lesson 9:
• Cancer Registry Management Principles and Practices for Hospitals and Central Registries, 3rd
Edition
o Chapter 36: Central Cancer Registries - Data Set Planning Standards
o Chapter 36: Central Cancer Registries - Monitoring of Status of Facilities and
Completeness of Reporting
Lesson 10:
• Cancer Registry Management Principles and Practices for Hospitals and Central Registries, 3rd
Edition
o Chapter 36: Central Cancer Registries - Computerization and Services Provided by
Central Registries

Lesson 11:
• Cancer Registry Management Principles and Practices for Hospitals and Central Registries, 3rd
Edition
o Chapter 36: Central Cancer Registries - Calculation and Assessment of Incidence Rates
and Cancer Control

Lesson 12:
• Cancer Registry Management Principles and Practices for Hospitals and Central Registries, 3rd
Edition
o Chapter 36: Central Cancer Registries - Case Ascertainment
• UNC School of Medicine: Rapid Case Ascertainment
Module 4

Lesson 13:
• Cancer Registry Management Principles and Practices for Hospitals and Central Registries, 3rd
Edition
o Chapter 29: Cancer Registries in Canada
o Chapter 39: Federal Registries: Department of Defense and Department of Veteran
Affairs
o Chapter 41: Cancer Registries in Other Countries
o Chapter 42: Other Registries
• ACS online: Cancer in Children

Lesson 14:
• Cancer Registry Management Principles and Practices for Hospitals and Central Registries, 3rd
Edition
o Chapter 33: Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program (SEER)
o Chapter 34: National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR)
• CDC online
o National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR)
o EDITS Tools for Writing Portable Edits

Lesson 15:
• Cancer Registry Management Principles and Practices for Hospitals and Central Registries, 3rd
Edition
o Chapter 20: Education
o Chapter 28: North American Association of Central Cancer Registries, Inc. (NAACCR)
o Chapter 35: National Cancer Registrars Association (NCRA)
• NAACCR online: Home
• NCRA online: Home

Lesson 16:
• Cancer Registry Management Principles and Practices for Hospitals and Central Registries, 3rd
Edition
o Chapter 30: American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer
o Chapter 31: American Joint Committee on Cancer
o Chapter 32: The Joint Commission (TJC) (formerly JCAHO)
o Chapter 38: The National Cancer Database