CTR CTR Treatment & Therapy Documentation

Question 1

Which STORE code is used when a patient receives radiation therapy as the first course of treatment?

Accepted Answer

Code 1

Answer

Code 2

Answer

Code 3

Answer

Code 0

Question 2

When abstracting surgical treatment, which field captures the most definitive surgery performed on the primary site?

Accepted Answer

RX Summ–Surgery of Primary Site

Answer

RX Summ–Scope of Regional Lymph Node Surgery

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RX Summ–Surgical Approach

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RX Summ–Systemic Surg Seq

Question 3

What does the term 'first course of treatment' mean in cancer registry abstracting?

Accepted Answer

All treatment given before recurrence or progression

Answer

Only surgery performed within 30 days of diagnosis

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The first chemotherapy regimen only

Answer

Treatment given in the first hospital visit

Question 4

A patient receives neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by surgery. How should sequence of systemic therapy and surgery be coded?

Accepted Answer

Systemic before surgery

Answer

Surgery before systemic

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Surgery only

Answer

Systemic only

Question 5

Which systemic therapy class includes drugs such as tamoxifen and anastrozole used in breast cancer treatment?

Accepted Answer

Hormone therapy

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Immunotherapy

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Targeted therapy

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Chemotherapy

Question 6

When a patient refuses all recommended treatment, which RX Summ–Surgery of Primary Site code is most appropriate?

Accepted Answer

Code 00 – None (surgery not recommended or refused)

Answer

Code 98 – Surgery, NOS

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Code 99 – Unknown

Answer

Code 90 – Surgery, NOS