NCRA Study Guide CTR 2025 with
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_____________ is the practice involving one or more parties' willingness to provide
confidential information under carefully controlled circumstances for the purposes of
research or follow-up. - ANSWER-Case-sharing
______________ refers to the systematic processing of sources (e.g., pathology
reports, disease indices, etc.) in order to identify all potentially eligible cases to be
included in the registry database. - ANSWER-Casefinding
_______________ is a practice that occurs during the casefinding process after one
determines a case is reportable. - ANSWER-Suspense list inclusion
_______________ is primarily used to determine the patient's status, and if dead, the
cause of death. This usually involves computerized searches of nonregistry files. This is
the primary method of follow-up used by central registries. - ANSWER-Passive follow-
up
___________________ is a type of casefinding procedure that targets selected case
types for early reporting to researchers who conduct studies for which prompt
identification of study subjects is necessary. - ANSWER-Rapid case ascertainment
_____________________ 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. -
ANSWER-Non-analytic cases
__________________________ 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. -
ANSWER-Analytic cases
__________________is referred to as the use of mortality (death certificate) files to
update death and other missing information on cases that exist in the registry database
and to increase incidence reporting completeness by using these files as a case-finding
source. - ANSWER-Death clearance
"Residency at diagnosis" refers to the usual residence of the patient at the time of
diagnosis of a reportable cancer. Which entity provides the rules and guidelines used by
central registries to determine residency at diagnosis? - ANSWER-U.S. Census Bureau
A case is included on a _______________ during the case-finding process until the
appropriate hospital or physician officially reports the case - ANSWER-Suspense list
, A case remains on the _____________ until the person responsible for reporting it to
the registry has completed and submitted an abstract (case report). - ANSWER-
Suspense list
A temporary storage space for potential cases that contain minimal information and
were identified through the case ascertainment process is a(n) - ANSWER-Suspense
system
Abstracted data is generally classified into five groups: - ANSWER-1. Patient
identification
2. Cancer identification
3. Stage of disease at diagnosis
4. First course of treatment
5. Outcomes
ACoS CoC requires follow-up information be obtained at least __________________
for all living analytic patients included in cancer registry database. - ANSWER-annually
(yearly)
Active Casefinding - ANSWER-Registry personnel retrieving source documents
(pathology/ radiation oncology/HIM reports)
Performed by registry personnel who screen the source documents themselves
Active follow-up - ANSWER-Direct contact w/ Dr's or patients, or letters to other facilities
Sending follow-up letters to Dr. to obtain info. on a patient as well as through telephone
Analytic Cases - ANSWER-Patients who were diagnosed or who received any part of
first course of treatment at the hospital
Approximately what percentage of cancer cases is histologically confirmed? -
ANSWER-95%
Cancer committee monitors follow-up rate for ALL analytic patients. - ANSWER-True
Cancer identification fields include: - ANSWER-1. class of case
2. date of initial diagnosis
3. primary site
4. histology
5. behavior code
6. grade
7. diagnostic confirmation
Case is considered delinquent if the date of last contact exceed how many months? -
ANSWER-15 months
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_____________ is the practice involving one or more parties' willingness to provide
confidential information under carefully controlled circumstances for the purposes of
research or follow-up. - ANSWER-Case-sharing
______________ refers to the systematic processing of sources (e.g., pathology
reports, disease indices, etc.) in order to identify all potentially eligible cases to be
included in the registry database. - ANSWER-Casefinding
_______________ is a practice that occurs during the casefinding process after one
determines a case is reportable. - ANSWER-Suspense list inclusion
_______________ is primarily used to determine the patient's status, and if dead, the
cause of death. This usually involves computerized searches of nonregistry files. This is
the primary method of follow-up used by central registries. - ANSWER-Passive follow-
up
___________________ is a type of casefinding procedure that targets selected case
types for early reporting to researchers who conduct studies for which prompt
identification of study subjects is necessary. - ANSWER-Rapid case ascertainment
_____________________ 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. -
ANSWER-Non-analytic cases
__________________________ 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. -
ANSWER-Analytic cases
__________________is referred to as the use of mortality (death certificate) files to
update death and other missing information on cases that exist in the registry database
and to increase incidence reporting completeness by using these files as a case-finding
source. - ANSWER-Death clearance
"Residency at diagnosis" refers to the usual residence of the patient at the time of
diagnosis of a reportable cancer. Which entity provides the rules and guidelines used by
central registries to determine residency at diagnosis? - ANSWER-U.S. Census Bureau
A case is included on a _______________ during the case-finding process until the
appropriate hospital or physician officially reports the case - ANSWER-Suspense list
, A case remains on the _____________ until the person responsible for reporting it to
the registry has completed and submitted an abstract (case report). - ANSWER-
Suspense list
A temporary storage space for potential cases that contain minimal information and
were identified through the case ascertainment process is a(n) - ANSWER-Suspense
system
Abstracted data is generally classified into five groups: - ANSWER-1. Patient
identification
2. Cancer identification
3. Stage of disease at diagnosis
4. First course of treatment
5. Outcomes
ACoS CoC requires follow-up information be obtained at least __________________
for all living analytic patients included in cancer registry database. - ANSWER-annually
(yearly)
Active Casefinding - ANSWER-Registry personnel retrieving source documents
(pathology/ radiation oncology/HIM reports)
Performed by registry personnel who screen the source documents themselves
Active follow-up - ANSWER-Direct contact w/ Dr's or patients, or letters to other facilities
Sending follow-up letters to Dr. to obtain info. on a patient as well as through telephone
Analytic Cases - ANSWER-Patients who were diagnosed or who received any part of
first course of treatment at the hospital
Approximately what percentage of cancer cases is histologically confirmed? -
ANSWER-95%
Cancer committee monitors follow-up rate for ALL analytic patients. - ANSWER-True
Cancer identification fields include: - ANSWER-1. class of case
2. date of initial diagnosis
3. primary site
4. histology
5. behavior code
6. grade
7. diagnostic confirmation
Case is considered delinquent if the date of last contact exceed how many months? -
ANSWER-15 months
