CTR Data Quality & Completeness 2

Question 1

Which NAACCR data item is used to assess whether a case was identified through active or passive case-finding methods?

Accepted Answer

Type of Reporting Source

Answer

Type of Reporting Source identifies how a case came to the registry's attention, which helps evaluate completeness of case-finding.

Question 2

A registry receives a death certificate for a patient with cancer diagnosed at an out-of-state facility. This case should be abstracted as a:

Accepted Answer

Death certificate only (DCO) case

Answer

When the only source of information about a cancer diagnosis is the death certificate, the case is classified as a death certificate only (DCO) case.

Question 3

Which metric best measures a registry's ability to capture all reportable cases within a defined population?

Accepted Answer

Case completeness rate

Answer

Case completeness rate, often estimated through death certificate linkage or independent case-finding audits, measures how well a registry captures all eligible cases.

Question 4

Under STORE manual guidelines, which condition would cause a case to be flagged as a potential duplicate?

Accepted Answer

Same patient name, date of birth, and primary site at different facilities

Answer

Potential duplicates are identified when the same patient demographic data and cancer site appear in multiple submissions, suggesting the same case was reported more than once.

Question 5

A registry quality control audit finds that 8% of cases are missing the Lymph-vascular Invasion data item. The BEST corrective action is to:

Accepted Answer

Implement targeted reabstracting of cases with missing data and retrain staff

Answer

Reabstracting and retraining address both the existing data gap and the root cause to prevent future missing data.

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CTR Data Quality & Completeness 2