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

STORE Code 1 indicates that radiation therapy was administered as part of the first course of treatment.

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

The RX Summ–Surgery of Primary Site field records the most definitive surgical procedure performed on the primary cancer site.

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

First course of treatment includes all planned therapy given before disease recurrence, progression, or the start of a new treatment approach.

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

When chemotherapy precedes surgery, the sequence is coded as systemic therapy before surgery, reflecting actual treatment order.

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

Hormone therapy

Answer

Tamoxifen and anastrozole are hormone (endocrine) therapy agents that block or reduce estrogen's effect on breast cancer cells.

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