CTR EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Ann Arbor Staging System - Answers :Malignant Lymphoma
Integumentary - Answers :Skin
A hormonal agent - Answers :Tamoxifen
A classification for non-hodkins lymphoma? - Answers :Follicular small cleaved cell and
large cell
A lymphoma would most likely arise in? - Answers :Waldeyers ring
Lymph node chains behind the knees? - Answers :Popliteal
CEA is used for which cancer? - Answers :Colon
A neoplastic disease characterized by an excess of red blood cells is known as: -
Answers :Polycythemia Vera
Which form of chemoembolization is not coded as treatment? - Answers :Presurgical
emboliation of hypervascular tumors such as mengiomas
The laterality of a midline tumor in a paired organ site should be coded as: - Answers :5-
midline
An example of a protected health information in a cancer abstract is: - Answers :Name
of patient
If a patient is multiracial and one of the races is Hawaiian: - Answers :Hawaiian should
be coded as race number one.
One of the reasons for coding if cases were diagnosed by ambiguous terminology is: -
Answers :To better understand how frequently these terms are used for diagnosis.
A cancer registrar who is abstracting can be the coordinator of: - Answers :Cancer
Registry quality control
The first course of treatment consists of - Answers :All Cancer-directed treatment
regardless of where it takes place.
Sequence number for Brain Cancers - Answers :60
Most active organization in the US for the establishment and approval of hospital cancer
programs - Answers :Commission on Cancer
, Enucleation is a surgical procedure for which of the following? - Answers :Ocular
Melanoma
The lower edge of the junction between the right and left main stem bronchi is called
the: - Answers :Carina
A transurethral resection is a procedure that: - Answers :Removes tissue from the
bladder or prostate.
Melanoma accounts for 5-10% of all malignancies for this site: - Answers :Vulva
Surgically creating a passage between the stomach and intestines is called: - Answers
:Gastroenterostomy
The National Program of Cancer Registries is a function of: - Answers :Center of
Disease Control and Prevention
CDC - Answers :Center of Disease Control and Prevention
The multiplicity counter is used: - Answers :To count the number of tumors reported as
a single primary.
In 1973, the (NCI) National Cancer Institute established the SEER program. SEER is
acronym for: - Answers :Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results
A patient has urine cytology suspicious for urothelial carcinoma. Is this case reportable?
- Answers :Reportable is there is confirmation by positive pathology and/or by clinical
diagnosis.
A non-population based central registry: - Answers :National Cancer Data Base
If a patient has local recurrence and two years later has a distant mets, the first date of
recurrence - Answers :Should never change.
Patients diagnosed 1/1/05 and later are not coded as Spanish ethnicity: - Answers
:Dominican Repulicans
A capital budget is prepared for: - Answers :Purchase of major equipment
The staging basis is an important descriptor in which staging system: - Answers :AJCC
staging
A malignant tumor of the kidney in children? - Answers :Wilm's Tumor
DES is a casual implicated for cancer of which of the following sites? - Answers :Vagina
Ann Arbor Staging System - Answers :Malignant Lymphoma
Integumentary - Answers :Skin
A hormonal agent - Answers :Tamoxifen
A classification for non-hodkins lymphoma? - Answers :Follicular small cleaved cell and
large cell
A lymphoma would most likely arise in? - Answers :Waldeyers ring
Lymph node chains behind the knees? - Answers :Popliteal
CEA is used for which cancer? - Answers :Colon
A neoplastic disease characterized by an excess of red blood cells is known as: -
Answers :Polycythemia Vera
Which form of chemoembolization is not coded as treatment? - Answers :Presurgical
emboliation of hypervascular tumors such as mengiomas
The laterality of a midline tumor in a paired organ site should be coded as: - Answers :5-
midline
An example of a protected health information in a cancer abstract is: - Answers :Name
of patient
If a patient is multiracial and one of the races is Hawaiian: - Answers :Hawaiian should
be coded as race number one.
One of the reasons for coding if cases were diagnosed by ambiguous terminology is: -
Answers :To better understand how frequently these terms are used for diagnosis.
A cancer registrar who is abstracting can be the coordinator of: - Answers :Cancer
Registry quality control
The first course of treatment consists of - Answers :All Cancer-directed treatment
regardless of where it takes place.
Sequence number for Brain Cancers - Answers :60
Most active organization in the US for the establishment and approval of hospital cancer
programs - Answers :Commission on Cancer
, Enucleation is a surgical procedure for which of the following? - Answers :Ocular
Melanoma
The lower edge of the junction between the right and left main stem bronchi is called
the: - Answers :Carina
A transurethral resection is a procedure that: - Answers :Removes tissue from the
bladder or prostate.
Melanoma accounts for 5-10% of all malignancies for this site: - Answers :Vulva
Surgically creating a passage between the stomach and intestines is called: - Answers
:Gastroenterostomy
The National Program of Cancer Registries is a function of: - Answers :Center of
Disease Control and Prevention
CDC - Answers :Center of Disease Control and Prevention
The multiplicity counter is used: - Answers :To count the number of tumors reported as
a single primary.
In 1973, the (NCI) National Cancer Institute established the SEER program. SEER is
acronym for: - Answers :Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results
A patient has urine cytology suspicious for urothelial carcinoma. Is this case reportable?
- Answers :Reportable is there is confirmation by positive pathology and/or by clinical
diagnosis.
A non-population based central registry: - Answers :National Cancer Data Base
If a patient has local recurrence and two years later has a distant mets, the first date of
recurrence - Answers :Should never change.
Patients diagnosed 1/1/05 and later are not coded as Spanish ethnicity: - Answers
:Dominican Repulicans
A capital budget is prepared for: - Answers :Purchase of major equipment
The staging basis is an important descriptor in which staging system: - Answers :AJCC
staging
A malignant tumor of the kidney in children? - Answers :Wilm's Tumor
DES is a casual implicated for cancer of which of the following sites? - Answers :Vagina
