Cancer Registry ECHO

Georgia Cancer Registry ECHO provides a virtual community learning platform for cancer abstractors to access central cancer registry experts, discuss challenging cases, and update coding guidelines to improve accurate, complete, and timely cancer reporting in Georgia.

Curriculum

ECHO sessions are monthly and typically on the second Tuesday, from 12 pm - 1:30 pm (EST) 

If you are interested in joining this or any other DPH ECHO, please visit https://forms.gle/RRGh6AF1zj9D9TMN7.

Georgia Cancer Registry ECHO Team:

• Debbie Chambers, ODS-C Region 3 Cancer Registry Coordinator, Georgia DPH
• Lisa Connor, ODS-C Region 2 Cancer Registry Coordinator, Georgia Center for Cancer Statistics (GCCS)
• Zeytun Tobeyubo, Georgia Cancer Registry Program Manager
• Rana Bayakly, MPH, Georgia Cancer Registry Director, Georgia DPH

Contact Information:

To ECHO is to expand your understanding, so if you need more information, please email us at [email protected].  

HIPAA Compliance: All patient information will be de-identified for presentation during sessions. To ensure HIPAA compliance during patient presentations, please identify your patient(s) only by their assigned ECHO ID.

2024 ECHO Recordings:

• 9/10/24: Radiation Therapy for Cancer Registrars: https://vimeo.com/1008167847/24166425a1
• 8/13/2024 - National Program of Cancer Registries Data Quality Evaluation 2023-2024: Georgia Validation Study Report: https://vimeo.com/998398837/9cedb481cd
• 7/9/2024 - V24 Updates: https://vimeo.com/981936438/6f738650e7
• 6/11/24 - Prostate Cancer: https://vimeo.com/957113931/f5fe14f8ee

• 5/14/24 - Colon and Rectum (excluding Appendix): https://vimeo.com/946386606/5b212a839f?share=copy

• 4/9/24: Common Coding Errors: https://vimeo.com/932872373/a9e70f72af?share=copy

• 3/12/24 - Multiple Myeloma: https://vimeo.com/923001693/02cd31a373?share=copy

• 2/13/24: Cancer Pathology in Georgia: https://vimeo.com/912715421/48173b87b4?share=copy

• 1/9/24: GA Cancer Registry Reporting Requirements & Deadlines : https://vimeo.com/901300922/b166b9de2e?share=copy

2023 ECHO Recordings:

• 12/12/23: Cancer Program Accreditation, SEER Coding, Radiation, & Grade Coding : https://vimeo.com/894189660/f135ca9a85?share=copy

• 9/26/23: Leveraging Population-Based Cancer Data and Systems for Research https://vimeo.com/868493719/6b3b60d211?share=copy

• 8/22/23: Cancer Data Visualization Tools and More plus GCCS Death Clearance Update https://vimeo.com/857144683/507a87d5a5?share=copy

• 7/25/23: Pancreatic Cancer: https://vimeo.com/848720907/ce99ca6894?share=copy

• 6/27/23: Expand Your Knowledge: Abstracting Lung: https://vimeo.com/847454033/c48c45b029?ts=1790000&share=copy

  https://vimeo.com/847454033/c48c45b029?ts=1790000&share=copy

• 5/23/23: SEER*Stat (Version 8.4.1.1)   https://vimeo.com/829812683/31c40eb04d?share=copy

• 4/25/23: Common Coding and Text Errors https://vimeo.com/821063254/7e31a1b8ea?share=copy

• 3/28/23: Anatomy of the Brain/CNS Common Editing Errors/Surgical Neuropathology in the Genomic Era https://vimeo.com/812826005/c8160e1234
• 2/28/23: Expand Your Knowledge: Colon https://vimeo.com/803614547/68d5f7da26
• 1/24/23: Reporting Requirements and Deadlines GCR/GCCS https://vimeo.com/792601138/26419e2a4c

2022 ECHO Recordings: 

01-25-2022: Reportability & Case Finding Quality Assurance Study-COC https://vimeo.com/671157630/944c213449

02-23-2022: Head and Neck Staging & Common Errors Related to Head and Neck Coding https://vimeo.com/683045551/2f7556bb5c

03-30-22: Highlight Changes by Diagnosis Year Navigating CAnswer Forum https://vimeo.com/701746709/0f28221b6a

04-26-2022 A Virtual Central Registry Visit https://vimeo.com/710312730/21c40e340c

05-25-2022 GA DPH Cancer Registry ECHO - Bladder Staging & Coding (Physician & Cancer Registrar) https://vimeo.com/723560474/2b9ac449b6

06-28-2022 Novel Approach - Biomarkers & Precision Medicine All About Clinical Trial  https://vimeo.com/725004488/7a81b70d47

07-26-2022 Automating Data https://vimeo.com/736613366/9147cd6705

08-23-2022 Ovarian Cancer (Physician & Cancer Registrar) https://vimeo.com/743055521/7771fc05d1

09-27-2022 CLL-Coding (Physician & Cancer Registar) https://vimeo.com/754694016/e1954fed59

12-13-2022:  Cancer Registry Staffing - Recruitment and Retention https://vimeo.com/781164187/d262257c6c

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