CTR EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

Supraglottis, glottis and subglottis are subsites of the: -ANSWER Larynx The inpatient medical record disease index is most useful for which Cancer Registry Activity? -ANSWER Casefinding Ann Arbor Staging System -ANSWER Malignant Lymphoma Integumentary -ANSWER Skin A hormonal agent -ANSWER Tamoxifen A classification for non-hodkins lymphoma? -ANSWER Follicular small cleaved cell and large cell A lymphoma would most likely arise in? -ANSWER Waldeyers ring Lymph node chains behind the knees? -ANSWER Popliteal CEA is used for which cancer? -ANSWER Colon A neoplastic disease characterized by an excess of red blood cells is known as: -ANSWER Polycythemia Vera Which form of chemoembolization is not coded as treatment? -ANSWER Presurgical emboliation of hypervascular tumors such as mengiomas The laterality of a midline tumor in a paired organ site should be coded as: -ANSWER 5-midline Who is responsible for establishing the attendance requirements for the cancer conferences? -ANSWER Cancer Committee A disaster recovery plan is -ANSWER A way to make sure that computerized registry data is backed up every night and is easily recoverable. The best source for casefinding is: -ANSWER Pathology reports The 5 key components of an approved cancer program: -ANSWER Cancer Committee, Conferences, Quality Improvement, Cancer Registry and Clinical Services. A program receives non-accreditation at survey if there are ____ deficincies -ANSWER 8 An example of a protected health information in a cancer abstract is: -ANSWER Name of patient The COC requires that cases submitted to the NCDB for the most recent accession year must satisfy the established criteria by ________? -ANSWER As designated in the Call for Data. The date of diagnosis for a patient diagnosed in utero: -ANSWER Is the actual date of diagnosis. If a patient is multiracial and one of the races is Hawaiian: -ANSWER Hawaiian should be coded as race number one. One of the reasons for coding if cases were diagnosed by ambiguous terminology is: -ANSWER To better understand how frequently these terms are used for diagnosis. A cancer registrar who is abstracting can be the coordinator of: -ANSWER Cancer Registry quality control The first course of treatment consists of -ANSWER All Cancer-directed treatment regardless of where it takes place.