Is anyone out there willing to share the studies that their registry has done in the past, or currently, to fulfill Standard number 8.8.3? Just looking for...
We have done CAP protocols (looking at path reports first, then implement CAP and re-look at path reports) NCCN guidelines (pick a site, get the guideline,...
We just went to an electronic medical record and we send all staging forms to physician's offices. Here's why; we use HBOC horizon patient folder and I was...
Linda, Bless your heart, that sounds like so much work, but you have to do what you have to do....Has anyone approached the College about an electronic version...
At NCRA this year I do remember someone saying they are working on an electronic version for the forms. I think there was an article in the Advance also, but...
Hello...I am new to this group. I am currently a Cancer Abstractor in Alabama but I am looking for a change. I am interested in finding out about openings in...
Where do other registries get the survival stats needed for comparison. Our software vendor does not provide them, I have gone to the SEER website, but am...
Try the American Cancer Society website (www.cancer.org) for Facts & Figures 2002 online. You can download the document there. Click on Find Facts & Figures...
There is a job bank on NCRA's website (www.ncra-usa.org). NAACCR (www.naaccr.org) also has job opportunities listed, it is generally for positions in central...
Hello Everyone, I would like to take this opportunity to clarify a misunderstanding that was recently posted. There have not been any changes to the NCRA...
My pathologist called me with a question (how cool is that, isn't it ususally us calling them?!) Anyway, he wanted to know how to designate the N in the path...
... it ... cancer ... normal ... I don't think it matters how the met got into the node (lymph drainage or direct extension). I would code it a T3N1. Regards ...
... Has there been any further info on this? I work in a registry that is outsourced and the hospital is gearing up to send us home with a target of year end....
Hey Robo...I agree. It does not matter if it is by direct extension you would still code as T3N1 and yes what a nice turn around---having a physician call you...
We have three people working from home in my office (as I'm not one of them, I can't really provide a lot of details). The key issue was apparently enlisting...
Hello Everyone, Just joined the group and saw redboots5674's cry for help. I'm currently working full time, half of which is from home. Two others in the...
You can check out the NCRA breakoutsession from Pittsburgh by purchasing the CD-ROM of the meeting. This will include all the comments made at the meeting, as...
One question I have is to whether or not your hospital is ACoS accredited. If so, do you do all of your administrative functions (committees, conferences etc)...
Thanks for your help. I would appreciate hearing from her. Mary Ann ... one of them, ... apparently ... avoid any breaches ... speak to ... the NCRA ... she...
I have questions regarding expenses, security, systems, etc. Things like what we definitely would and would not want. We are currently using IMPAC with our...
I'm not involved with the cost factors involved, but do know our IS folks preferred we hook up with Broadband. Evidently it is a faster process than DSL for...
Does anyone have a script for making patient/contact telephone calls for follow-up or any advice on writing one? We are looking into trying this. Accepting...
I have a case that has a previous CNS NHL from 10/02 w/remission after chemo and no other info. Now she returns with recurrence in brain. Dr says its a stage...
Leiomyosarcoma falls under the chapter on soft tissue so therefore you would code this to soft tissue and not to the breast. Check the cancer staging manual...
Hey Lori, Looks like you got two different answers to your question - I posted mine on the ncra website-I felt that the staging manual inferred that you use...
Hi Lori . . . Here's my two cents. Don't use the staging guide to code the primary site, tempting though it is. Those eligible histology lists at the start...
I would code this site to the breast if I were doing it. The same rule applies if you were coding a lymphoma of the stomach. You would code it to the stomach...
I have a question about a breast case that has immunohistochemical positive node for micromets in one node out of three. I know with the new AJCC you stage it...
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