Cancer Registry Management 04 Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
True or False: Hospital based cancer registries can only be single
institution (collect data for one hospital). -
correct answer ✅False: hospital based registries may be single
institution (collect data from one hospital) or
multi-institution/network registries (collect data from 2+ facilities)
What is the minimum requirement for data collection for
population based registries? I.e who do they collect data from? -
correct answer ✅they must collect data for cases for a defined
population, like the people in their catchment area (county, region,
state) who are diagnosed and/or treated in the catchment area or
elsewhere.
When are data from patients outside a population based registry's
catchment area collected? Why? -
correct answer ✅when non-residents are diagnosed and treated in
the catchment area that are abstracted in hospitals within the
catchment area or dx'd at labs in area. This is so the data can be
sent to the state registry from labs, hospitals, or central registries
within the state (depending on local reporting requirements)
What information can population based registries share with
hospitals in their area in regards to patient information? -
, Cancer Registry Management 04 Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
correct answer ✅info about follow-up, death clearance, and
treatment received at another facility
What are basic standardized requirements for cancer surveillance? -
correct answer ✅standardized case definitions, coding practices,
and conversions of medical terms to meaningful categories.
Requiring approved cancer programs to code cases using the ruled
defined in the FORDS manual (Facility Oncology Registry Data
Standards) fulfills what basic cancer surveillance requirement? -
correct answer ✅standardized coding practices
What does address standardization refer to? -
correct answer ✅making an address uniform, so making sure that
it is fully spelled out and only abbreviated using the postal service
standard abbreviations
What is geocoding? -
correct answer ✅the process of assigning geographic info
(latitude/longitude) and census tract or block number to the
patient's address
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
True or False: Hospital based cancer registries can only be single
institution (collect data for one hospital). -
correct answer ✅False: hospital based registries may be single
institution (collect data from one hospital) or
multi-institution/network registries (collect data from 2+ facilities)
What is the minimum requirement for data collection for
population based registries? I.e who do they collect data from? -
correct answer ✅they must collect data for cases for a defined
population, like the people in their catchment area (county, region,
state) who are diagnosed and/or treated in the catchment area or
elsewhere.
When are data from patients outside a population based registry's
catchment area collected? Why? -
correct answer ✅when non-residents are diagnosed and treated in
the catchment area that are abstracted in hospitals within the
catchment area or dx'd at labs in area. This is so the data can be
sent to the state registry from labs, hospitals, or central registries
within the state (depending on local reporting requirements)
What information can population based registries share with
hospitals in their area in regards to patient information? -
, Cancer Registry Management 04 Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
correct answer ✅info about follow-up, death clearance, and
treatment received at another facility
What are basic standardized requirements for cancer surveillance? -
correct answer ✅standardized case definitions, coding practices,
and conversions of medical terms to meaningful categories.
Requiring approved cancer programs to code cases using the ruled
defined in the FORDS manual (Facility Oncology Registry Data
Standards) fulfills what basic cancer surveillance requirement? -
correct answer ✅standardized coding practices
What does address standardization refer to? -
correct answer ✅making an address uniform, so making sure that
it is fully spelled out and only abbreviated using the postal service
standard abbreviations
What is geocoding? -
correct answer ✅the process of assigning geographic info
(latitude/longitude) and census tract or block number to the
patient's address
