CTR TTIME (Questions with correct answers)

A unique nine-digit number assigned to a patient, which indicates the year the patient was first seen at the facility and the sequential order in which the patient was identified by the registry is called: correct answers an accession number AJCC is an acronym for: correct answers American Joint Committee on Cancer Which of the following is a chemotherapeutic agent? Prednisone, Tamoxifen, Levamisole, or Methotrexate correct answers Methotrexate Organization responsible for publishing disease codes: correct answers WHO Each year 90% of cases must be abstracted within ______ months of diagnosis: correct answers six The following must meet the standard for monitoring community outreach except: 1. NCI-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Programs 2. Affiliate Hospital Cancer program 3. Freestanding Cancer Center Program 4. Hospital Associate Cancer program correct answers NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center Programs (NCIP) The follow up rate maintained for all eligible analytic patients from the cancer registry reference date is or within last 5 yrs, whichever is shorter: correct answers 90% Dividing the number of males by the number of females in a study is a means of calculating the: correct answers ratio A lymphoma would most likely arise in which of the following? 1. thyroid gland 2. Hutchinson freckle 3. endocrine gland 4. Waldeyer ring correct answers Waldeyer ring The best way to display the survival rate by year of diagnosis for females with breast cancer between 2000 and 2005 is with a: bar graph, line graph, pie chart, or summary table correct answers line graph To be considered for initial accreditation, the cancer committee must ensure that the cancer registry database includes now many years of data? correct answers 2 years Population based registries would not include: 1. Dept of Defense (DoD) 2. NCDB 3. National program of Central registries