May of 1974:
Inspired by the first National Tumor
Registrars Association (NTRA)
Meeting in Dallas, Texas, Sadie
Hayden and Marion Sciarappa pledged
to form a local organization for
tumor registrars.
September of
1974: The first meeting was held
for local tumor registrars in
Massachusetts. The mission was to
develop an organization to provide
members with educational
opportunities and the possibility of
a professional support network.
May of 1975:
The Tumor Registrars Association of
Massachusetts (TRAM) had 30 members.
1975: The
first Annual Meeting was held in
Waltham, Massachusetts.
March of 1976:
TRAM discussed a change in the
organization’s name to Tumor
Registrars Association of New
England (TRANE) to allow members
outside of Massachusetts.
April 30, 1976:
TRANE was established as an
incorporated non-profit
organization.
1978: The
Maine Tumor Registrars Association
became a chapter of TRANE.
1979: The New
Hampshire Chapter of TRANE was
chartered to provide educational
programs for our northern neighbors.
1981: TRANE
started to provide annual review
workshops to help the members and
nonmembers to take the National
Certification exam for tumor
registrars to achieve the level of
CTR.
1982: The
Maine Chapter withdrew from TRANE.
1986: TRANE
hosted the NTRA Annual Meeting in
Boston, Massachusetts.
1994: The New
Hampshire Chapter of TRANE dissolved
to form the New England States
Cancer Registrars Association (NESCRA).
May 26-29, 1998:
The National Cancer Registrars
Association held the NCRA annual
meeting in Boston, Massachusetts.
1999: The
membership voted to change the name
of TRANE. Contest results were a
name change to Cancer Registrars
Association of New England (CRANE).
2000: TRANE
was officially changed to CRANE. The
25th Annual Meeting was held in
Providence, Rhode Island.
2003: NESCRA
dissolved with many of the
membership returning to CRANE.
2009: CRANE
launches a new website live –
www.craneweb.org
October 25-26,
2010: CRANE 35th Annual Meeting
is being held in Nashua, NH.
