Cancer Registry Operations Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Tumor focus -
correct answer ✅a term used by pathologists to describe a group
of cells that can be seen only by a microscope
A focal tumor -
correct answer ✅Tumor is limited to one specific area or organ.
An overlapping tumor -
correct answer ✅Tumor involves adjacent sites (next to each
other) and the tumor is contiguous
A contiguous tumor -
correct answer ✅Tumor involves, invades, or bridges adjacent sites
or subsites..
Do not use a physician's statement to decide whether the patient
has a recurrence of a previous cancer or a new primary. The
multiple primary rules must be used to determine the number of
primaries when the term recurrence is stated in the record unless a
pathologist compares the present tumor to the original tumor and
states that the present tumor is a recurrence of cancer from the
previous primary. In the latter situation, the pathologist's opinion
has priority over the MP/H rules in determining the number of
,Cancer Registry Operations Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
primaries to report. -
correct answer ✅Which MP/H rule(s) apply to "recurrent" tumors?
Determining the number of primary sites when a patient's medical
record is incomplete.Choosing the correct histology code when
multiple descriptive terms for a tumor exist in a pathology report. -
correct answer ✅During the creation of the MP/H rules, the data
quality issue(s) identified was
Assigned post neoadjuvant therapy systemic and/or radiation
therapy and surgery. -
correct answer ✅Whats yp (y Pathologic)
Assigned after systemic/radiation therapy of neoadjuvant and
before surgery. -
correct answer ✅yc (y Clinical)
Assigned at the time of the incidental finding on a postmortem
examination. -
correct answer ✅The definitions for the AJCC staging classification
prefixes (a)
, Cancer Registry Operations Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Assigned at the time of recurrence after a disease-free interval. -
correct answer ✅The definitions for the AJCC staging classification
prefixes (r)
no -
correct answer ✅Is restaging a common practice
for a facility are defined as patients who were diagnosed and/or
received all or part of the first course of therapy at the facility. This
definition includes patients who were provided only palliative care
in lieu of first course treatment or as part of first course treatment
at this facility. -
correct answer ✅Analytic cases
for a facility are defined as cases who were diagnosed and received
all of first course therapy elsewhere prior to the date of referral to
the facility. These cases include patients treated for recurrence or
progression of disease only, patients for whom the facility provided
only a treatment plan or a second opinion regarding the diagnosis
and/or treatment options available, as well as patients diagnosed at
autopsy, per death certificate, or who only had pathology slides
read at the facility. -
correct answer ✅Non-analytic cases
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Tumor focus -
correct answer ✅a term used by pathologists to describe a group
of cells that can be seen only by a microscope
A focal tumor -
correct answer ✅Tumor is limited to one specific area or organ.
An overlapping tumor -
correct answer ✅Tumor involves adjacent sites (next to each
other) and the tumor is contiguous
A contiguous tumor -
correct answer ✅Tumor involves, invades, or bridges adjacent sites
or subsites..
Do not use a physician's statement to decide whether the patient
has a recurrence of a previous cancer or a new primary. The
multiple primary rules must be used to determine the number of
primaries when the term recurrence is stated in the record unless a
pathologist compares the present tumor to the original tumor and
states that the present tumor is a recurrence of cancer from the
previous primary. In the latter situation, the pathologist's opinion
has priority over the MP/H rules in determining the number of
,Cancer Registry Operations Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
primaries to report. -
correct answer ✅Which MP/H rule(s) apply to "recurrent" tumors?
Determining the number of primary sites when a patient's medical
record is incomplete.Choosing the correct histology code when
multiple descriptive terms for a tumor exist in a pathology report. -
correct answer ✅During the creation of the MP/H rules, the data
quality issue(s) identified was
Assigned post neoadjuvant therapy systemic and/or radiation
therapy and surgery. -
correct answer ✅Whats yp (y Pathologic)
Assigned after systemic/radiation therapy of neoadjuvant and
before surgery. -
correct answer ✅yc (y Clinical)
Assigned at the time of the incidental finding on a postmortem
examination. -
correct answer ✅The definitions for the AJCC staging classification
prefixes (a)
, Cancer Registry Operations Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Assigned at the time of recurrence after a disease-free interval. -
correct answer ✅The definitions for the AJCC staging classification
prefixes (r)
no -
correct answer ✅Is restaging a common practice
for a facility are defined as patients who were diagnosed and/or
received all or part of the first course of therapy at the facility. This
definition includes patients who were provided only palliative care
in lieu of first course treatment or as part of first course treatment
at this facility. -
correct answer ✅Analytic cases
for a facility are defined as cases who were diagnosed and received
all of first course therapy elsewhere prior to the date of referral to
the facility. These cases include patients treated for recurrence or
progression of disease only, patients for whom the facility provided
only a treatment plan or a second opinion regarding the diagnosis
and/or treatment options available, as well as patients diagnosed at
autopsy, per death certificate, or who only had pathology slides
read at the facility. -
correct answer ✅Non-analytic cases
