The cardiovascular fitness level of cancer survivors is not affected by many standard cancer therapies, say researchers from Georgetown University Medical...
Hope this news will help the next generation A mathematical model to find blood biomarkers that can help doctors estimate the size of cancer tumors has been...
Fellow Groupsmates. I read a nice story about a man saving someone who have cancer. Safa'a was diagnosed in Iraq with Wilms' tumor, the most common kidney...
I will be out of the office starting 04/20/2007 and will not return until 04/30/2007. Please feel free to leave me an e-mail message or a message on my voice ...
There is a opening for a Cancer Registrar at the VA in Orlando Florida. This is a brand new program at what is currently a VA Outpatient Clinic in Orlando....
I will be out of the office starting 09/23/2004 and will not return until 10/05/2004. I am on vacation. If you need immediate assistance, please call my ...
Due to hospital cutbacks, my department was asked if there was ways we could find to be revenue producing to offset cost. Many years ago there was talk of...
I am a single registrar at a hospital and since I started the caseload has gone from 500+ cases to over 900+ for 2007. I am trying to justify the hiring of at...
Melanoma metastatic to the brain (MRI) and axillary and inguinal lymph nodes (LN biopsy). Primary skin site cannot be determined. How would you TNM this...
I will be out of the office starting 08/06/2004 and will not return until 12/31/2004. I am now PRN if you need Clermont Registry issues call Deb Vickers...
Parotid Gland Primary - C079. Histology: Carcinoma in situ arising in a pleomorphic adenoma - M8941/2. AJCC, page 70, does not have a Tis value. However,...
Could someone please direct me to where in any of our Standard Setter's Manuals there is a rule/guideline or just a discussion on how to stage pleural...
Sorry for the typo I have corrected it below Nancy Kawesch, MS, CTR Manager, Cancer Database Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center 633 Third Avenue, 18th...
Another breast case..... Biopsy showed 8:00 breast with mucinous type infil ductal ca. 9:00 breast with infil ductal and infil lobular ca with DCIS. Surgery...
Here's the first question/case. Pathology report reads: Right breast mass excision, high grade ductal carcinoma in situ, solid and cribriform types,...
Georgia will be holding its annual CTR workshop August 24th and 25th. The cost is $40 for GATRA members and $55 for non-GATRA members. If you would like more...
As the founder of this group I hope to start posting coding/staging questions on a regular (every couple days) basis so that we can all "chime" in and give our...
I found the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) for the NPIs, it allows you to find both organizational numbers and MD's. Here is the link. ...
NCRA is hosting their annual CTR Exam Prep Workshop on August 25 and 26. The registration includes access to an exclusive yahoo group where students can share...
I recently got approval from my administration to hire a consultant prior to my CoC survey. I need to know what is the standard fee for abstracting that...
Paulette, Like you, I was not able to get the audio. Personally, I think it was very poor planning to host a webinar with a vendor that only permits 75 phone...
Can anyone who reads this please fax me a copy of a good job description for a registrar/program coordinator? I am in the process of updating mine and the one...
This is not reportable unless the pt. had a bx. in the hospital or had treatment. ... From: cancerregistrargroup@yahoogroups.com on behalf of loril_ga Sent:...
Reportability: If a patient has a prostate bx in the physician office, comes to our facility with a week or two for a staging work up that doesn't show mets,...
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