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Abstracting manuals are used for - Correct Ans: ✅ standardization of data across all registries
reapperance of dz that was thought to be cured or inactive
(remission) - Correct Ans: ✅ recurrence
starts from cells that were not removed or destroyed by original
therapy - Correct Ans: ✅ recurrence
starts from same cancer, came back in same site, regional nodes or
distant site - Correct Ans: ✅ recurrence
cancer arising from cells that have nothing to do with the earlier first
cancer - Correct Ans: ✅ New occurrence
Most important items a registrar must determine - Correct Ans: ✅ primary site and morphological type of tumor
5 parts of ICD 0 - Correct Ans: ✅ introduction and instructions. topography numeric list. morphology numeric list. alphabetic index including all site & histo terms. lists of synonyms and other changes.
site code, four character for body site where tumor arose c50.8 -
Correct Ans: ✅ topography
six digit code: 4 digits: what tumor is specific histo. 5th
digit=behavior. 6th digit=grade/agression - Correct Ans: ✅ morphology
measures how much the malignant cell resembles a normal cell. less
the diff=less malig cell looks like nml - Correct Ans: ✅ differentiation/grade
all cases are coded and stored by - Correct Ans: ✅ primary site
provides ongoing surveillance to determine if tx worked - Correct
Ans: ✅ follow up
purpose to assure continued medical surveillance and to allow
meaningful end results reporting - Correct Ans: ✅ follow up
f/u provides - Correct Ans: ✅ outcome or survival info
common objectives of f/u - Correct Ans: ✅ determine pt's current vital status, pts medical status, collect info on any recurrence incld tx & any new primary ca. encourage pt to remain under continued medical surveillance
reported to NCDB - Correct Ans: ✅ all updated follow up information
moment of diagnosis throughout lifetime - Correct Ans: ✅ survivor
Tool that informs patient of follow up medical care, physical and emotional challenges, changes in family and social relationships &
issues in the workplace - Correct Ans: ✅ survivorship plan
Three distinct phases of cancer survivorship - Correct Ans: ✅ Living with cancer. Living through cancer. Living beyond cancer
Dx'd and having treatment. Undergoing treatment. Access to service to help cope with emotional, psychological and financial concers -
Correct Ans: ✅ Living with cancer
immediate time following treatment when risk of recurrence is high. Pt's are relieved that tx is finished, but big adjustment to no longer
seeing md' on regular bases - Correct Ans: ✅ Living through cancer
refers to being past tx and long term survivorship. Some pt's life returns to nml or "new" nml where life is similar to what it was before dx. some patients have long term physical problems or psychosocial problems or even severwe financial consequences due
to the expense of cancer care - Correct Ans: ✅ Living beyond cancer
Includes not only survival rates for cancer but also reponse to tx,
time to first recurrence and other milestones - Correct Ans: ✅ outcomes
measures the success and failures of cancer dx and tx - Correct Ans:
✅ outcomes
What includes casefinding, abstracting, coding, f/u survivorship and
outcomes? - Correct Ans: ✅ Data Collection
system for locating every patient who is dx'd and/or tx'd w/ a
reportable cancer at a facility. - Correct Ans: ✅ casefinding
Two types of casefinding methods? - Correct Ans: ✅ Active and Passive
Casefinding method that requires registry personnel retrieving source documents like path, rad, onc reports and considered more
thorough and accurate. - Correct Ans: ✅ Active casefinding
Casefinding method that comes from other depts notifying the
registrar of potential reportable cases - Correct Ans: ✅ Passive casefinding
QC procedure to monitor number of cases found - Correct Ans: ✅ Completeness logs
