Ch. 17 Cancer Registry Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
A surveillance system that systematically collects newly diagnosed
cancer cases for the purpose of monitoring the disease, burden, the
quality of care of cancer patients, cancer survival, and disparities. -
correct answer ✅Cancer registry
registries that collect data on all newly diagnosed cancer cases in
the population of a defined geographic area such as a state, region,
or country. -
correct answer ✅Population-based cancer registry
a registry that collects data for individual hospitals or networks of
hospitals on new cancer cases diagnosed and/or treated in that
hospital or group of hospitals. -
correct answer ✅Hospital-based cancer registry
registries established for the purpose of collecting data from
specific facilities, for a specific cancer site, or for familial cancers. -
correct answer ✅Specialty cancer registries
an outcomes database with data collected from more than 1,400
cancer programs in the United States and Puerto Rico, used to
examine cancer treatment trends and survival and for quality
, Ch. 17 Cancer Registry Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
improvement in cancer care. -
correct answer ✅National Cancer Database (NCDB)
a program of the National Cancer Institute that includes a
population based cancer registry funded for specified states,
metropolitan areas, and native populations. Because of its follow-
up program, the ______registry is as the only population based
cancer registry in the United States with longitudinal data on stage
of disease at both diagnosis and survival. Covers 28% of the U.S.
population -
correct answer ✅Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Result
(SEER)
the organization that developed the first standards of quality,
multidisciplinary, and comprehensive cancer care delivery in the
health care setting and continues to provide hospital-based cancer
registries with data standards and coding instructions. -
correct answer ✅Commission on Cancer (CoC)
a manual published by the commission of cancer that provides data
standards and coding instructions for facility-based cancer
surveillance for the purposes of quality patient care. -
correct answer ✅Facility Oncology Registry Data Standards
(FORDS)
& Answers (Grade A+)
A surveillance system that systematically collects newly diagnosed
cancer cases for the purpose of monitoring the disease, burden, the
quality of care of cancer patients, cancer survival, and disparities. -
correct answer ✅Cancer registry
registries that collect data on all newly diagnosed cancer cases in
the population of a defined geographic area such as a state, region,
or country. -
correct answer ✅Population-based cancer registry
a registry that collects data for individual hospitals or networks of
hospitals on new cancer cases diagnosed and/or treated in that
hospital or group of hospitals. -
correct answer ✅Hospital-based cancer registry
registries established for the purpose of collecting data from
specific facilities, for a specific cancer site, or for familial cancers. -
correct answer ✅Specialty cancer registries
an outcomes database with data collected from more than 1,400
cancer programs in the United States and Puerto Rico, used to
examine cancer treatment trends and survival and for quality
, Ch. 17 Cancer Registry Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
improvement in cancer care. -
correct answer ✅National Cancer Database (NCDB)
a program of the National Cancer Institute that includes a
population based cancer registry funded for specified states,
metropolitan areas, and native populations. Because of its follow-
up program, the ______registry is as the only population based
cancer registry in the United States with longitudinal data on stage
of disease at both diagnosis and survival. Covers 28% of the U.S.
population -
correct answer ✅Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Result
(SEER)
the organization that developed the first standards of quality,
multidisciplinary, and comprehensive cancer care delivery in the
health care setting and continues to provide hospital-based cancer
registries with data standards and coding instructions. -
correct answer ✅Commission on Cancer (CoC)
a manual published by the commission of cancer that provides data
standards and coding instructions for facility-based cancer
surveillance for the purposes of quality patient care. -
correct answer ✅Facility Oncology Registry Data Standards
(FORDS)
