Missouri State Tumor Registrars' Association (MoSTRA)

The Missouri State Tumor Registrars' Association (MoSTRA) is a professional non-profit organization established in 1975 to promote research and education in cancer registry administration and practice. Furthermore, MoSTRA's purpose is to disseminate information to its members regarding current activities, to promote and offer continuing education to expand the knowledge and performance of tumor registrars, and to seek liaison with professional and governmental organizations which utilize data derived from cancer registries.

It was the foresight of many registry professionals that began meeting in Columbia, Missouri to lay out the groundwork for our association. Led by Muriel (Mickie) Savoy, RN, from the Missouri Cancer Registry Cancer Research Center, the group began having regular meetings to discuss cancer registry activities in their facilities and to share best practices. With NTRA (National Tumor Registrars Association) newly formed in 1974, work began around 1975 to create a professional organization for Missouri Registrars. An Organization Committee began creating bylaws, and coordinating legal work to incorporate the group.