Deck 17: Cancer Registry

Question 1

The first cancer registry was established where?

A) Chicago, as a pilot project of The Joint Commission
B) Connecticut Hospital
C) Washington, D.C., by the National Institutes of Health
D) Yale-New Haven Hospital

Answer 1

Yale-New Haven Hospital

Question 2

Which of the following are ways cancer is treated?

A) surgical procedures
B) radiation
C) chemotherapy
D) all of the above

Answer 2

all of the above

Question 3

What is an item that a cancer registry will NOT collect on the last date of contact with the patient?

A) whether the patient is alive on that date
B) if the patient has died, the place and cause of death
C) information needed for bereavement follow-up, in the event of death
D) patient's current address and phone number

Answer 3

information needed for bereavement follow-up, in the event of death

Question 4

The classification system widely used in cancer registries is ___________ .

A) HCPCS
B) SNOMED
C) NDC
D) ICD-O

Question 5

What is a job function that an HIM professional would NOT perform in a cancer registry?

A) quality control for cancer records
B) maintenance of software or other databases
C) draw blood from patient for lab results
D) abstracting and coding cancer incident records

Question 6

An accession number is a ___________-digit number in the hospital cancer registry system that identifies the patient.

A) 12
B) three
C) six
D) nine

Question 7

Specialty cancer registries collect cancer data for which of the following:

A) specific facilities
B) particular type of cancer
C) familial cancers
D) all of the above

Question 8

What is NOT a piece of additional information that is included in the patient information section within a hospital cancer registry system:

A) patient's medical record number
B) race
C) dietary restrictions
D) co-morbid conditions

Question 9

__________ is a title applied to more than a hundred diseases that are characterized by uncontrolled growth of cells.

A) Large cells
B) Cancer
C) Regeneration
D) Mass growths

Question 10

As of 2014, the SEER Program includes 20 population-based registries and covers approximately ______% of the U.S. population?

A) 96%
B) 52%
C) 28%
D) 7%

Question 11

Which of the following federal laws surrounding confidentiality impact cancer registries ?

A) Privacy Act of 1974
B) HIPAA
C) ARRA
D) All of the above

Question 12

What is a surveillance system systematically collecting newly diagnosed cancer cases for the purposes of monitoring the disease burden, the quality of care of cancer patients, cancer survival, and disparities?

A) Tumor List
B) Cancer Roster
C) Cancer Registry
D) Tumor Roster

Question 13

ICD-O is used to code what?

A) neoplasm topography and morphology
B) emergency room records
C) surgery charts
D) diagnostic labs

Question 14

Adjuvant therapy includes all of the following EXCEPT:

A) chemotherapy
B) antibiotic therapy
C) radiation therapy
D) hormone therapy

Question 15

NAACCR published ______________________________ .

A) a global interactive cancer atlas
B) guidelines for best practices to enhance revenue generation for hospital cancer registries
C) the 2014 edition of the Manual of Tumor Nomenclature and Coding
D) multi-volume sets of standards for population-based cancer registries

Question 16

Hospital-based cancer registries collect data on newly diagnosed cancer cases in the population of a defined geographic area such as state, region, or country.

Question 17

The Central Brain Tumor Registry of the United States began in 1992 to collect data on benign, borderline, and malignant brain tumors

Question 18

Membership of the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries includes the United States only.

Question 19

The National Program of Cancer Registries supports populations-based cancer registries in only 20 states in the United States.

Question 20

Specialty cancer registries are established for the purpose of collecting data from specific facilities, for a particular cancer site, or for familial cancers.

Question 21

A summary record that allows for this systematic collection of information on a cancer patient's experience in a standardized format is called a cancer spreadsheet.

Question 22

Each patient is assigned a nine-digit unique number in the hospital cancer registry system called a personal cancer number

Question 23

Cancer registries collect and update information annually on the status of the patient's cancer and information on cancer recurrence, if applicable.

Question 24

ICD-O stands for International Classification of Diseases for Oncology

Question 25

The data management system (DMS) in a population-based cancer registry is used to import data from external sources and consolidate multiple reports on the same patient and same cancers.

Question 26

Cancer reporting to public is an optional measure that can help eligible professionals meet Meaningful Use requirements

Question 27

ICD-O provides 10-digit codes with four digits for topography, four for histology, a slash, one digit for behavior, and one digit for tumor grade

Question 28

Population-based cancer registries collect data for individual hospitals or networks of hospitals on new cancer cases diagnosed and/or treated in that particular hospital or group of hospitals.

Question 29

The acronym CTR stands for certified tumor registrar.

Question 30

The Breast Cancer Family Registry began in 1995 and is used to conduct clinical and population-based studies of the molecular and genetic epidemiology of breast cancer.

Question 31

_________________________ was published in 1976 after physicians expressed a desire for morphology codes.​

Question 32

The _________________________ mandated collection, analysis, and dissemination of data regarding the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer.​

Question 33

The _________________________ required cancer registries to collect benign and borderline brain tumors in addition to the malignant cancers already collected.​

Question 34

________________________ changed its topography codes to be based on ICD-10.​

Question 35

The gave the CDC authority to fund and set standards for population-based registries in states and territories.​

Question 36

NCRA has established guidelines called the _________________________ for ethical conduct of certified tumor registrars.​

Question 37

_________________________ incorporated the WHO classification of hematopoietic and lymphoid neoplasms.​

Question 38

An abbreviated abstract developed from pathology reports and disease indices used to identify potential cancer cases for abstracting is called a(n) ___________________.​

Question 39

Match each description with the correct item

- Developed the first standards of quality, multi-disciplinary and comprehensive cancer care delivery in the healthcare setting and continues to provide hospital-based cancer registries with data standards and coding instructions

A) Facility Oncology Registry Data Standards (FORDS)
B) North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR)
C) Commission on Cancer (CoC)
D) Specialty Cancer Registries
E) National Program of Cancer Registries
F) National Cancer Registrars Association (NCRA
G)Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Result (SEER) program

Question 40

Match each description with the correct item

- Manual that provides data standards and coding instructions for facility-based cancer surveillance for the purposes of quality patient care

A) Facility Oncology Registry Data Standards (FORDS)
B) North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR)
C) Commission on Cancer (CoC)
D) Specialty Cancer Registries
E) National Program of Cancer Registries
F) National Cancer Registrars Association (NCRA
G)Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Result (SEER) program

Question 41

Match each description with the correct item

- Certifies cancer registry professionals who meet its standards through its Certified Tumor Registrar (CTR ) credential

A) Facility Oncology Registry Data Standards (FORDS)
B) North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR)
C) Commission on Cancer (CoC)
D) Specialty Cancer Registries
E) National Program of Cancer Registries
F) National Cancer Registrars Association (NCRA
G)Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Result (SEER) program

Question 42

Match each description with the correct item

- The umbrella organization for central cancer registries, government agencies, professional organizations and other cancer-related organizations to come together to improve quality and utility of cancer data

A) Facility Oncology Registry Data Standards (FORDS)
B) North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR)
C) Commission on Cancer (CoC)
D) Specialty Cancer Registries
E) National Program of Cancer Registries
F) National Cancer Registrars Association (NCRA
G)Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Result (SEER) program

Question 43

Match each description with the correct item

- A program of the National Cancer Institute that includes a population-based cancer registry funded for specified states, metropolitan areas and native populations.

A) Facility Oncology Registry Data Standards (FORDS)
B) North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR)
C) Commission on Cancer (CoC)
D) Specialty Cancer Registries
E) National Program of Cancer Registries
F) National Cancer Registrars Association (NCRA
G)Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Result (SEER) program

Question 44

Match each description with the correct item

- Registries that are established for the purpose of collecting data from specific facilities, for a particular cancer site, or for familial cancers

A) Facility Oncology Registry Data Standards (FORDS)
B) North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR)
C) Commission on Cancer (CoC)
D) Specialty Cancer Registries
E) National Program of Cancer Registries
F) National Cancer Registrars Association (NCRA
G)Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Result (SEER) program

Question 45

Match each description with the correct item

- A program established by the Centers for Disease Control that provides funds to statewide population-based cancer registries; provides program standards and standards of data quality, timeliness, and completeness and has also established a minimum dataset.

A) Facility Oncology Registry Data Standards (FORDS)
B) North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR)
C) Commission on Cancer (CoC)
D) Specialty Cancer Registries
E) National Program of Cancer Registries
F) National Cancer Registrars Association (NCRA
G)Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Result (SEER) program

Question 46

?Describe four job functions available in a cancer registry that can be filled by an HIM professional, especially those with the CTR credential.

Question 47

Describe the National Familial Lung Cancer Registry.​

Question 48

Describe the function, focus, and usefulness of a hospital-based cancer registry.​

Question 49

Describe the function, data sources, focus, and usefulness of a population based cancer registry.​

Question 50

​Describe the type of data captured related to the stage of disease at diagnosis, two different methods of assessing stage, and the usefulness of staging.