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What does a cancer registry do?
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Collect, retrieve and abnalyze cancer data
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National Cancer Act of 1971
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Mandated the collection, analysis, and disseminaton of data for use in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of data
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Things a hospital cancer registry does (4)
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1. provide optimal care
2. compare morbidity and survival rates with regional and national statistics 3. Determine need for education programs 4. to allocate resources/money |
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All tumor with an ICD-O-3 coding system behavioral code of ____ or greater (in situ or malignant) be included in the registry
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2 -- case eligibility
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Case finding
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Id cancer cases (analysis process in the HIM dept, disease index, path reports, patients receiveing radiation)
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Abstracting -- data extracted from health records withing ___ months after dx of cancer; items include (4)
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six months
1. Patient ID 2. demographics 3. cancer dx and tx 4. prognostic factors |
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cancer staging
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how bad is the cancer at diagnosis?
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TNM staging
T= N= M= |
T=tumor size
N=lymph node involvement M=metastasis |
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Accession register
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completion and maintenance of permanent log of all cases entered into database. used to access annual caseload and provide each patietn with a registry number
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Quality control
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ensures the completeness, accuracy and timeliness of collected data
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who is responsible for the supervision of the cancer registry?
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Hospital's cancer committee
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follow-up must be done? why?
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annually. To document the recurrence of disease, early diagnosis of new or subsequetn cancers, and assessment of outcomes and institution of preventive measures
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7 vital components for developing and operating the hospital cancer registry
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1. database
2. lifetive follow-up of the cancer patient 3. quality control 4. patient care evaluation or quality outcome and improvement 5. use of registry data 6. confidentiality 7. staffing |
