California Cancer Reporting System Standards Volume I: Abstracting and Coding Procedures for Hospitals
This field is not required by the CCR effective with cases diagnosed January 1, 2000, but it is required by the ACoS. It describes the status of the surgical margins after each resection of the primary tumor.
Refer to the Facility Oncology Registry Data Standards (FORDS) for cases diagnosed after January 1, 2003. It can also be accessed in Q.2.
Refer to Q.1 (ROADS) for cases diagnosed prior to January 1, 2003.