Hi! Are there any CansurFacs users out there that are NOT off on this sunny Friday afternoon that might be available to help me with a PCE report question? If...
Does anyone have a layout of some agenda items that they use for their Cancer Committee meetings. By this I mean things like...January meeting--Select Annual...
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I'm posting my oncology program timeline for your review. I can fax it to you as well if you'd like. The format came from one of the NCRA journals and we've...
In ROADS on page 13, there is a statement about Basal or Squamous Cell Carcinoma originating in the following sites must be included. These sites are: Lip,...
WOW! That is a great timeline. May I ask how long your meetings are? We would never get through all that in the hour we have for cancer committee. Thanks! ...
We actually get through our agenda within 30 minutes. We have the committee meeting just before our cancer conference so we know that conference has to begin...
The CoC responded to my inquiry. Basal or Squamous Cell Carcinomas originating in the following sites must be included. These sites are: Lip, Anus, Vulva,...
One of our doctors needs a stage and we aren't sure what to tell him. Pt has non-hodgkins lymphoma of the mediastinum with nodes positive above AND below the...
I would assign a Stage IV to this case. Since the pleural effusion is positive, it does affect the stage. A positive pleural effusion is documented evidence...
Thanks for the clarification. It may come in handy for me someday too. buzybeectr <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> on 10/01/2002 02:02:22 PM Please respond to...
Thanks for your help. The other cancer registrar check the AJCC 6th edition and found documentation that malignant pleural effusion does in fact make it a...
My name is Dora Loria. I am an epidemiologist and I work mainly in the Research Area of Institute of Oncology of the Buenos Aires Univerity. But I also work in...
What site would you code for cancer of the right branchial cleft? What staging form should be used? The histology is cystic squamous cell carcinoma,...
Our registry is getting ready to convert to a different software. We have been informed that the physician codes that we are currently using will not convert...
... with ... I am in the process to start to work from home. Did you get any responses? I heard NCRA had some info at the National mtg but I didnt get a...
I am a registrar working at a hospital with 177 beds and 300/325 new cases a year-- we are having trouble getting our physicians to participate in Tumor Board...
Better lunches? Seriously, see if the medical staff and will incorporate into their bylaws something along the lines of a blanket statement that they just...
I am so thrilled to see 261 members in this club. I hope that you will all use it to your best advantage. In the past I would e-mail all members questions...
I am new abstractor-let me know if this is correct 1. 1994 Ta Bladder Cancer 1999 Prostate Adenocarcinoma 2001 Pelvic Ureteric Junction total 3 primaries 2....
Pt had D & C and hysteroscopy w/polypectomy during the same procedure - path reports from that procedure stated - Uterus, endometrium, polypectomy-well diff...
There are two approaches I can think of which might help encourage physician attendance at your tumor boards: One is to try to convey to administration how...
Another suggestion is to not only provide information to the physicians who are invited to present a case but also contact the physician's office manager and...
Just received a letter at our facility that the videoconference will be invoiced for $225.00. We were very surprised at this. There is nothing mentioned about...