Cancer Data Management
Use electronic health records to track and report cancer cases. Earn a respected credential, take flexible online classes, and prepare for a high-demand career where you can work from home and make a real impact.
Why study Cancer Data Management at San Jac?
Build a Career With Flexibility
Cancer registrars and data specialists are needed in hospitals, cancer centers, research organizations, and healthcare systems nationwide. Many employers offer remote or hybrid work opportunities.
Support Cancer Care Behind the Scenes
Build Skills in Cancer Data Management
Learn how to collect, code, analyze, and manage cancer data using healthcare technology and national reporting standards. You’ll build skills in cancer staging, case finding, reporting, and data analysis used in hospitals, cancer registries, and healthcare organizations.
Study in an Accredited Program
San Jac’s program is accredited by the National Cancer Registrars Association (NCRA). After completing the program, you will be eligible to apply to take the national Certified Oncology Data Specialist (ODS) exam.
Careers
Opportunities
With a cancer data management certificate or degree, you can qualify for jobs that work with cancer data. In these roles, you gather, review, and share key cancer facts that hospitals and cancer groups use every day. See where this training can take you.
- Hospitals
- Free-standing state or national cancer registries
- State or national cancer organizations
- Certified Tumor Registrar (CTR)
- Oncology Data Specialist (ODS)
Locations
DEGREES & CERTIFICATES
Cancer Data Management Specialty, AAS Online Option
This degree is also offered online.
Cancer Data Management Specialty, Advanced Technical Certificate Online Option
This certificate is also offered online.
Why Choose Cancer Data Management?
Cancer Data Management is an exciting career path that offers a flexible learning and work environment and a competitive salary. With our flat rate tuition, completing the required 33 or 60 credit hours can be surprisingly affordable.
Want to learn more? Join us for a virtual information session and get a firsthand look at our online Cancer Data Management program. You’ll hear directly from instructors, learn exactly what to expect in the program, and have the chance to ask any questions you may have.
We hope to see you there!
Your Questions Answered
Graduates may work as cancer registrars, oncology data specialists, or health information professionals in hospitals, cancer centers, research organizations, and public health agencies.
The Oncology Data Specialist (ODS) exam is offered by the Oncology Data Specialist Council (formerly part of the National Cancer Registrars Association, NCRA). It is a national certification exam for cancer data professionals and tests your knowledge of cancer registry operations, coding, staging, and data management.
After completing the Cancer Data Management program at San Jac, you may be eligible
to apply to take the ODS exam. Earning this certification can help demonstrate your
skills to employers and may improve your job opportunities in cancer registry and
healthcare data roles.
No prior experience is required. The program is designed to teach foundational healthcare
and cancer data management skills step by step.
Cancer data management professionals are in demand as healthcare organizations continue to track cancer cases, treatment outcomes, and research data. Careers are available in hospitals, cancer centers, research organizations, and healthcare systems across the country, with many employers offering remote or hybrid work opportunities.
According to the National Cancer Registrars Association (NCRA), certified professionals may also have stronger job opportunities and earning potential
in the field.
Support for your studies
Industry-Ready From Day One
Accredited by NCRA
From engineer to cancer data management
Today, Roland wakes up excited to work. Not only does he learn something new each day, but he’s helping cancer researchers take one step closer to a cure. When the door closed on engineering, Roland says God clearly opened a new one.
