2024 CTR Exam ( CRM Refresh ) Complete Questions & Answers (Solved) 100% Correct
- What is the class of case for the following scenario? 7/19/2010 Patient had a
transurethral ultrasound with biopsy in a non-staff physician's office. Biopsy of the prostate was consistent with adenocarcinoma. 8/7/2010 Radiation Ther- apy center (owned by the reporting facility): Patient began radiation therapy for the prostate cancer. No other treatment is planned.
Answer: 22
- True or False? The Commission on Cancer encourages programs to change their
reference date to improve the facility's follow-up rate.
Answer: False
3. The monitoring component for the health facility's cancer program is the:-
Answer: cancer registry
- The National Cancer Act of 1971, often referred to as the "War on Cancer,"
established the:
Answer: National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results
Program
- True or false? One of the sources of cancer statistics published in the American
Cancer Society's Cancer Facts and Figures is the cancer data collected by cancer registrars.
Answer: True
- Which of the following would be an example of wrongfully releasing confi-
dential cancer registry data?
Answer:
Giving it to a reporter wanting to bring awareness about cancer Giving it to a company wanting to market a cancer related product in the area
Giving to a group of physicians to assist in the start up of a new oncology practice in the area
- Hospital cancer registrars obtain information about a case for the cancer registry
abstract from:
Answer:
the hospital's medical record the free standing radiation center across town staff and non-staff physician offices 1 / 3
- The survey process allows the CoC surveyor to understand how
Answer:
Clinical care is provided Data collection accuracy is assured Quality of care are evaluated and improved Patient outcomes are evaluated and improved
9. The purpose of Chapter 5 in the Cancer Program Standards 2012: Ensuring
Patient-Centered Care, V1.2.1 is to
Answer:
Ensure accurate and timely collection of cancer patient data Allow for the evaluation of patient outcomes Allow for the identification of opportunities for improvement
- Which one of the following ambiguous terms would not be considered as
diagnostic of cancer?
Answer: Potentially malignant
- Cancer identification data items do not include which of the following?
Answer: - AJCC stage
- Case administration data items do not include which of the following?
Answer: -Who AJCC staged the case
- A suspense list not have to include which of the following?
Answer: Histology
- What should the cancer registrar do if a patient has not started a particular portion
of their recommended first course of treatment and the abstracting timeliness has reached the 6 month deadline?
Answer: Indicate using special codes that the treatment was recommended but not
yet started and mark the abstract complete.
- Outcomes data items do not include which of the following?
Answer: Date of first contact
16. Cases should be abstracted from the suspense system:
Answer: Starting with the oldest cases first
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- Which organization publishes the primary data collection manual for hos pital
cancer registries?
Answer: COC
- What time frame is not appropriate for completing an abstract?
Answer: Abstracts are required to be completed within six months of date of first contact. Anytime before that six-month deadline is allowed. Cases abstracted after six months would not meet the standard.
- Which one of the following is true about the suspense system?
Answer: It can be used to assess the outstanding workload
- Where is most of the information for the patient identification section found?
Answer: Face sheet
- What forms the basis for most of the registry's functions?
Answer: Abstract
- The CoC standard uses the Date of data item to
calculate abstracting timeliness.
Answer: First Contact
- The resource that defines all diagnoses and types of cases that should be
included and excluded from the registry database is called the:
Answer: Reportable list
- What is the class of case for the following scenario? 3/6/2010 Outpatient
Surgery Center (owned by the reporting facility): Patient with 2 month history of rectal bleeding is recommended for colonoscopy. Biopsy of the sigmoid colon was
consistent with adenocarcinoma. 3/17/2010 Inpatient Admission: Colon resection
consistent with residual adenocarcinoma. Patient chooses to be seen at another hospital. Patient was treated with chemotherapy at the other hospital.
Answer: 13
- Which one of the following casefinding sources would be the best resource for
identifying cases that were only confirmed clinically (physical exam, radiology or laboratory)?
Answer: Disease index
- Casefinding is the systematic method of identifying what?
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Answer: All eligible cases that are to be included in the cancer registry database