CTR EXAM Complete Qustions with 100% Correct Answers
Supraglottis, glottis and subglottis are subsites of the:
Larynx
The inpatient medical record disease index is most useful for which Cancer Registry Activity?
Casefinding
Ann Arbor Staging System
Malignant Lymphoma
Integumentary
Skin
A hormonal agent
Tamoxifen
A classification for non-hodkins lymphoma?
Follicular small cleaved cell and large cell
A lymphoma would most likely arise in?
Waldeyers ring
Lymph node chains behind the knees?
Popliteal
CEA is used for which cancer?
Colon
A neoplastic disease characterized by an excess of red blood cells is known as:
Polycythemia Vera
Which form of chemoembolization is not coded as treatment?
Presurgical emboliation of hypervascular tumors such as mengiomas
The laterality of a midline tumor in a paired organ site should be coded as:
5-midline
Who is responsible for establishing the attendance requirements for the cancer conferences?
Cancer Committee
A disaster recovery plan is
A way to make sure that computerized registry data is backed up every night and is easily recoverable.
,The best source for casefinding is:
Pathology reports
The 5 key components of an approved cancer program:
Cancer Committee, Conferences, Quality Improvement, Cancer Registry and Clinical Services.
A program receives non-accreditation at survey if there are ____ deficincies
8
An example of a protected health information in a cancer abstract is:
Name of patient
The COC requires that cases submitted to the NCDB for the most recent accession year must satisfy
the established criteria by ________?
As designated in the Call for Data.
The date of diagnosis for a patient diagnosed in utero:
Is the actual date of diagnosis.
If a patient is multiracial and one of the races is Hawaiian:
Hawaiian should be coded as race number one.
One of the reasons for coding if cases were diagnosed by ambiguous terminology is:
To better understand how frequently these terms are used for diagnosis.
A cancer registrar who is abstracting can be the coordinator of:
Cancer Registry quality control
The first course of treatment consists of
All Cancer-directed treatment regardless of where it takes place.
The accession number
Never changes even if the reference date changes
A patient is in the registry database with a dx of prostate cancer. Now he has a diagnosis of
Meningioma. His second sequence number is:
60
Sequence number for Brain Cancers
60
Most active organization in the US for the establishment and approval of hospital cancer programs
Commission on Cancer
, Enucleation is a surgical procedure for which of the following?
Ocular Melanoma
Encephalography is a radiography procedure performed on which of the following sites:
Brain
The lower edge of the junction between the right and left main stem bronchi is called the:
Carina
Salpingostomy is a procedure on which of the following organs?
Fallopian Tube
A transurethral resection is a procedure that:
Removes tissue from the bladder or prostate.
The most common cancer in both men and women:
Lung
Melanoma accounts for 5-10% of all malignancies for this site:
Vulva
The tonsils are masses of what kind of tissue?
Lymphoid
Surgically creating a passage between the stomach and intestines is called:
Gastroenterostomy
The National Program of Cancer Registries is a function of:
Center of Disease Control and Prevention
CDC
Center of Disease Control and Prevention
A program can receive a commendation if every required member of the cancer committee attends
____% of meetings
50%
90% of follow up info should be maintained
Every year for all eligible analytic patients diagnosed within the last 5 years
Evidence based medicine is:
the integration of best research evidence with the clinical expertise and patient values
Supraglottis, glottis and subglottis are subsites of the:
Larynx
The inpatient medical record disease index is most useful for which Cancer Registry Activity?
Casefinding
Ann Arbor Staging System
Malignant Lymphoma
Integumentary
Skin
A hormonal agent
Tamoxifen
A classification for non-hodkins lymphoma?
Follicular small cleaved cell and large cell
A lymphoma would most likely arise in?
Waldeyers ring
Lymph node chains behind the knees?
Popliteal
CEA is used for which cancer?
Colon
A neoplastic disease characterized by an excess of red blood cells is known as:
Polycythemia Vera
Which form of chemoembolization is not coded as treatment?
Presurgical emboliation of hypervascular tumors such as mengiomas
The laterality of a midline tumor in a paired organ site should be coded as:
5-midline
Who is responsible for establishing the attendance requirements for the cancer conferences?
Cancer Committee
A disaster recovery plan is
A way to make sure that computerized registry data is backed up every night and is easily recoverable.
,The best source for casefinding is:
Pathology reports
The 5 key components of an approved cancer program:
Cancer Committee, Conferences, Quality Improvement, Cancer Registry and Clinical Services.
A program receives non-accreditation at survey if there are ____ deficincies
8
An example of a protected health information in a cancer abstract is:
Name of patient
The COC requires that cases submitted to the NCDB for the most recent accession year must satisfy
the established criteria by ________?
As designated in the Call for Data.
The date of diagnosis for a patient diagnosed in utero:
Is the actual date of diagnosis.
If a patient is multiracial and one of the races is Hawaiian:
Hawaiian should be coded as race number one.
One of the reasons for coding if cases were diagnosed by ambiguous terminology is:
To better understand how frequently these terms are used for diagnosis.
A cancer registrar who is abstracting can be the coordinator of:
Cancer Registry quality control
The first course of treatment consists of
All Cancer-directed treatment regardless of where it takes place.
The accession number
Never changes even if the reference date changes
A patient is in the registry database with a dx of prostate cancer. Now he has a diagnosis of
Meningioma. His second sequence number is:
60
Sequence number for Brain Cancers
60
Most active organization in the US for the establishment and approval of hospital cancer programs
Commission on Cancer
, Enucleation is a surgical procedure for which of the following?
Ocular Melanoma
Encephalography is a radiography procedure performed on which of the following sites:
Brain
The lower edge of the junction between the right and left main stem bronchi is called the:
Carina
Salpingostomy is a procedure on which of the following organs?
Fallopian Tube
A transurethral resection is a procedure that:
Removes tissue from the bladder or prostate.
The most common cancer in both men and women:
Lung
Melanoma accounts for 5-10% of all malignancies for this site:
Vulva
The tonsils are masses of what kind of tissue?
Lymphoid
Surgically creating a passage between the stomach and intestines is called:
Gastroenterostomy
The National Program of Cancer Registries is a function of:
Center of Disease Control and Prevention
CDC
Center of Disease Control and Prevention
A program can receive a commendation if every required member of the cancer committee attends
____% of meetings
50%
90% of follow up info should be maintained
Every year for all eligible analytic patients diagnosed within the last 5 years
Evidence based medicine is:
the integration of best research evidence with the clinical expertise and patient values
