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CTR Exam Data Quality/Usage Questions and
Answers and Graded
True or false? The only information that is requested when a follow-up
letter is sent to a physician is the vital status and last date of contact of the
patient.
Correct Answer
False.
The follow-up letters usually request information on vital
status, the last date of contact, cancer status, and any
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additional treatment information.
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Quality control efforts in the cancer registry should target which of the
following areas:
Correct Answer
Casefinding and the reportable list
Use of the data standards manuals
Data entry errors
Which of the following is NOT required to be included in the evaluation of
the quality of cancer registry data?
Correct Answer
Abstract is complete within six months of initial contact
with the facility
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The following is an example of an Edit error. Given the information
provided by the edit error message, how should this edit be corrected?
Edit: Laterality, Primary Site
E: Laterality must be provided for specified paired organs/sites
Laterality (295) [0] _
Primary Site (291) [C445] _ _ _ _
Date of Diagnosis (283) [020120xx] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Abstract Text:
PATIENT DIAGNOSED WITH MELANOMA ON MID LOWER
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BACK ON BIOPSY ON 2/1/20xx. 2/25/20xx PATIENT ADMITTED
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FOR WIDE EXCISION AND SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY.
Correct Answer
Laterality should be corrected to code 5
Stage is an example of:
Correct Answer
Ordinal data
According to NCI, the standard way of discussing prognosis is by using
_________ survival rates.
Correct Answer
5-year
For the following data set, what is the median? Data: 96 48 27 72 39 70 7
68 99 36 95 4 6 13 34 74 65 42 28 54 69
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CTR Exam Data Quality/Usage Questions and
Answers and Graded
True or false? The only information that is requested when a follow-up
letter is sent to a physician is the vital status and last date of contact of the
patient.
Correct Answer
False.
The follow-up letters usually request information on vital
status, the last date of contact, cancer status, and any
© 2025 Assignment Expert
additional treatment information.
Exampromax - Stuvia US
Quality control efforts in the cancer registry should target which of the
following areas:
Correct Answer
Casefinding and the reportable list
Use of the data standards manuals
Data entry errors
Which of the following is NOT required to be included in the evaluation of
the quality of cancer registry data?
Correct Answer
Abstract is complete within six months of initial contact
with the facility
, Exampromax - Stuvia US 2025/2026
2
The following is an example of an Edit error. Given the information
provided by the edit error message, how should this edit be corrected?
Edit: Laterality, Primary Site
E: Laterality must be provided for specified paired organs/sites
Laterality (295) [0] _
Primary Site (291) [C445] _ _ _ _
Date of Diagnosis (283) [020120xx] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Abstract Text:
PATIENT DIAGNOSED WITH MELANOMA ON MID LOWER
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BACK ON BIOPSY ON 2/1/20xx. 2/25/20xx PATIENT ADMITTED
Exampromax - Stuvia US
FOR WIDE EXCISION AND SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY.
Correct Answer
Laterality should be corrected to code 5
Stage is an example of:
Correct Answer
Ordinal data
According to NCI, the standard way of discussing prognosis is by using
_________ survival rates.
Correct Answer
5-year
For the following data set, what is the median? Data: 96 48 27 72 39 70 7
68 99 36 95 4 6 13 34 74 65 42 28 54 69
