California Cancer Reporting System Standards Volume I: Abstracting and Coding Procedures for Hospitals

I.1.6 Reporting

The reporting facility must report every case of cancer first seen as an inpatient or outpatient, either with evidence of cancer or for cancer-directed treatment, on or after the date that mandatory reporting was declared for the region (the region's reference date). Refer to the Regional Registry Reference Date Guide for the specific date when mandatory reporting began in each region.

There are two methods of reporting cancer cases to the CCR.

• A full abstract is required for any case diagnosed and/or treated at the reporting facility (analytic cases) and for most nonanalytic cases.  For the list of required data items included in a full abstract, see Appendix U.
• A CMR or other approved notification mechanism is used to identify cancer cases with limited information.  These cases are diagnosed and treated elsewhere, however they must be submitted to the regional registry/CCR for incidence reporting.  The CCR/Region may request the reporting facility to submit an abstract for incidence reporting if the case submitted via CMR is not found in the CCR database.

Refer to the Required Method of Reporting Guide for the CCR's reporting requirements.

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