Cancer Registry Structure &
Management - Module 3 Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
What connects those collecting cancer data on patients, and
national cancer programs? -
correct answer ✅Central cancer registries
Central registries collect what type data?
From where? -
correct answer ✅Population-based cancer surveillance data;
a defined geographic area (state/region)
Who is mandated by law (within a defined geographic area) to
report each new case of cancer, including diagnosis & treatment, to
the central cancer registry? -
correct answer ✅All physicians, laboratories, and other health care
facilities within the defined geographic area.
Central registries operated with legal authority of the state. What
other term is used for this type authority? -
correct answer ✅Statutory authority
Central registry data are used in what ways?
,Cancer Registry Structure &
Management - Module 3 Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
Name 4. -
correct answer ✅1) Assess progress toward cancer prevention &
control objectives
2) Provide a source of data for clinical, epidemiological, and health-
services research
3) Identify additional needs for cancer prevention & control efforts
4) Determine the best possible incidence of cancer within that
defined geographic area
5) Monitor trends & patterns of cancer incidence over time
Many central registries reside within state health departments.
Where else may they be delegate? -
correct answer ✅* University
* Hospital association
* other entity
Who funds all central registries in the U.S.? -
correct answer ✅1) CDC's National Program of Cancer Registries
(NPCR)
2) National Cancer Institutes (NCI) Surveillance, Epidemiology, and
End Results (SEER) program
,Cancer Registry Structure &
Management - Module 3 Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
or
3) both
Determining case reportability, data collection standards, quality
benchmarks, and other programmatic & operational requirements
are mandated by which agencies? -
correct answer ✅1) CDC's National Program of Cancer Registries
(NPCR)
2) National Cancer Institutes (NCI) Surveillance, Epidemiology, and
End Results (SEER) program
TRUE or FALSE
All states in the U.S. have laws (statutes) and regulations (rules),
governing the reporting of cancer to the central registry. -
correct answer ✅TRUE
Central registries use nonhospital data to: -
correct answer ✅1) Identify cases that are never seen in a hospital
2) Augment hospital-reported cases w/information about 1st
course of treatment received outside the hospital setting
3) Validate data that are received from other sources
, Cancer Registry Structure &
Management - Module 3 Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
4) Identify cases before hospital reporting is received
Some central regsitries require earlier reporting of the incident
case. This is known as: -
correct answer ✅rapid case ascertainment
______________________ pathology reporting uses an electronic
report in discrete data field format. That means each type of
information has a specific place and format in the report. -
correct answer ✅Synoptic
_________________________ reports standardize the way data is
collected, transmitted, stored, retrieved and shared between
clinical information systems. -
correct answer ✅Synoptic pathology
Many states have established an ______-___________
___________ _____________________ (APCD) to collet claims
data from health insurance companies for inpatient and outpatient
treatment as well as pharmacy claims. -
correct answer ✅all-payer claims database
Management - Module 3 Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
What connects those collecting cancer data on patients, and
national cancer programs? -
correct answer ✅Central cancer registries
Central registries collect what type data?
From where? -
correct answer ✅Population-based cancer surveillance data;
a defined geographic area (state/region)
Who is mandated by law (within a defined geographic area) to
report each new case of cancer, including diagnosis & treatment, to
the central cancer registry? -
correct answer ✅All physicians, laboratories, and other health care
facilities within the defined geographic area.
Central registries operated with legal authority of the state. What
other term is used for this type authority? -
correct answer ✅Statutory authority
Central registry data are used in what ways?
,Cancer Registry Structure &
Management - Module 3 Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
Name 4. -
correct answer ✅1) Assess progress toward cancer prevention &
control objectives
2) Provide a source of data for clinical, epidemiological, and health-
services research
3) Identify additional needs for cancer prevention & control efforts
4) Determine the best possible incidence of cancer within that
defined geographic area
5) Monitor trends & patterns of cancer incidence over time
Many central registries reside within state health departments.
Where else may they be delegate? -
correct answer ✅* University
* Hospital association
* other entity
Who funds all central registries in the U.S.? -
correct answer ✅1) CDC's National Program of Cancer Registries
(NPCR)
2) National Cancer Institutes (NCI) Surveillance, Epidemiology, and
End Results (SEER) program
,Cancer Registry Structure &
Management - Module 3 Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
or
3) both
Determining case reportability, data collection standards, quality
benchmarks, and other programmatic & operational requirements
are mandated by which agencies? -
correct answer ✅1) CDC's National Program of Cancer Registries
(NPCR)
2) National Cancer Institutes (NCI) Surveillance, Epidemiology, and
End Results (SEER) program
TRUE or FALSE
All states in the U.S. have laws (statutes) and regulations (rules),
governing the reporting of cancer to the central registry. -
correct answer ✅TRUE
Central registries use nonhospital data to: -
correct answer ✅1) Identify cases that are never seen in a hospital
2) Augment hospital-reported cases w/information about 1st
course of treatment received outside the hospital setting
3) Validate data that are received from other sources
, Cancer Registry Structure &
Management - Module 3 Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
4) Identify cases before hospital reporting is received
Some central regsitries require earlier reporting of the incident
case. This is known as: -
correct answer ✅rapid case ascertainment
______________________ pathology reporting uses an electronic
report in discrete data field format. That means each type of
information has a specific place and format in the report. -
correct answer ✅Synoptic
_________________________ reports standardize the way data is
collected, transmitted, stored, retrieved and shared between
clinical information systems. -
correct answer ✅Synoptic pathology
Many states have established an ______-___________
___________ _____________________ (APCD) to collet claims
data from health insurance companies for inpatient and outpatient
treatment as well as pharmacy claims. -
correct answer ✅all-payer claims database
