MCR MINI-UPDATE SEPTEMBER 2014
Fellow Registrars,
The MU campus is buzzing with the promise of a new academic year. MoSTRA is gearing up
for a big regional educational meeting with Oklahoma, Kansas and Arkansas registry
associations. I hope this time of year finds you back from vacation with a renewed
enthusiasm for tackling those 2014 cases and making your registry the best that it can be!
Due Dates
Facilities that are on schedule should be abstracting 2014 cases. Large hospitals (>500 cases/yr) are to
report February cases by September 15 and smaller facilities (<300 cases /yr) report the 1st Quarter of
2014 by Oct. 15. If you have not started 2014 cases, please make every effort to bring your registry into
compliance as soon as is possible.
Education
NAACCR Webinars – Get 3 CEs By Viewing Recorded Webinars. Request Access Now! Check out our
Education and Training page to find out how you can receive access to the recorded NAACCR Webinars.
September 11, 2014 – Coding Pitfalls
Live Meetings - Visit our Education and Training page to listen to previous Live Meetings. They are
available to listen to for one year after they are presented. Registration will be accepted through the
Monday before the Live Meeting.
NO LIVE MEETING IN SEPTEMBER
To register for any of our educational opportunities, call 1-866-240-8809 or contact Shari Ackerman at
ackermans@health.missouri.edu.
CancerCare: Connect Education workshop - These workshops are free – no phone charges apply. You
can listen to leading experts in oncology provide the most up-to-date information on the telephone or
via live streaming. Please feel free to forward to your colleagues or anyone affected by cancer.
These workshops will be taking place from 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm EST:
September 5, 2014 - Update on Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)/ Small Lymphocytic
Lymphoma (SLL)
September 17, 2014 - Update on T-Cell Lymphoma
September 23, 2014 - Understanding Diagnostic Technologies and Targeted Therapies Part I of
Informed Decision Making by Harnessing Technology: Personalized Care
For more information and to register, visit the CancerCare Website or call 1-800-813-HOPE (4673).
MCR News
Distribution List
We are in the process of cleaning up our contacts lists. If you know of someone who is not getting this
update, please let me know. We try to send it to at least one contact per facility so that it can be shared
with all.
Conversion and V14A metafile
Conversion of Web Plus is complete and we have begun accepting uploads in NAACCR v14. If you have
not converted your facility database to v14 and MOv14A edits, please do so immediately. We want
incoming files from any year to be in v14.
Adenocarcinoma in situ of the cervix
As stated in the 2014 MCR Manual, MCR is no longer collecting these cases. Additionally, if you find a
missed case, it need not be sent to us.
Obituary Search Sites
To assist you with sources for follow-up data, we offer the following obituary search site suggestions:
www.legacy.com
http://www.tributes.com/
http://www.obitlinkspage.com/missouri/newspapers (not a free obit search but does provide links to
MO newspapers that publish obituaries).
If you have good resources for current death information, please let me know and I will share it with all.
Abstracting Tip
Ewing sarcoma (9260) and peripheral neuroectodermal tumors (pPNET or PNET 9364) occur in bone and
soft tissues. When the diagnosis is given as “Ewing/PNET,” multiple histology coding rule H17 (2007present) and SEER Inquiry responses specify coding it to 9364. Do not confuse this with primitive
neuroectodermal tumor (PNET 9473) which occurs in the brain and spinal cord.
Standard Setter News
NAACCR Narrative article on Chronic vs. Acute Hematopoietic diseases
If you are still confused by the hematopoietic rules, this article may point you in a helpful direction.
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/naaccr/issues/2014-07-31/24.html
Staging Transitions
A 3rd newsletter has been published updating registrars on national progress on staging transition
activities: http://www.ncra-usa.org/files/public/CS_Transition_Newsletter_August2014Issue.pdf
NCRA Free Flowchart for Coding Grade
Coding grade has been a challenge for seasoned CTRs and those new to the profession. The NCRA
Advanced Education Committee has made the task less onerous by creating a flowchart. The 2014+
Grade Flowchart offers a simplified perspective on interpreting and assigning this important field.
Download free!
New NCRA Best Practices Podcast: Reportability (8.5 min, free!)
http://www.cancerregistryeducation.org/resources (Click the Best Practices tab for this and other
podcasts. You may need to use a browser other than Internet Explorer)
Registry to Research
ACS cancer statistics, 2014
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.3322/caac.21208/abstract
PET and stage migration in head & neck cancer
http://archotol.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1875333
US lung cancer trends by histology
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cncr.28749/abstract;jsessionid=97EB364945EDA55F55BE95
718D81661B.f04t02
Expected population impacts of discontinued PSA screening
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cncr.28932/full
15-year survival outcomes following primary ADT for localized prostate cancer
http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1887061
Survival of men vs. women with hepatocellular carcinoma
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cncr.28912/abstract
Disparities in cancer stage, treatment and survival according to insurance status
http://jco.ascopubs.org/content/early/2014/08/01/JCO.2014.55.6258
Resources
Distal and proximal colon cancer differ
http://annonc.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2014/07/23/annonc.mdu275.abstract
Gut bacteria populations may predict colon cancers
http://www.hcvhub.com/single-article/gut-bacteria-populations-may-predict-coloncancers/d921a1f15bd6188e945a3b98025daa6d.html
Evidence for molecular differences in prostate cancer between African American and Caucasian men
http://clincancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/early/2014/07/23/1078-0432.CCR-13-2265.abstract
Presentation of skin cancers in those with darker skin tones
http://www.cancernetwork.com/image-iq/67-year-old-african-american-woman-presents-lesion-rightleg?GUID=D8F946EF-FCF0-4B2A-934B-BBBE4FFF3E70&rememberme=1&ts=01092014
Happy abstracting,
Nancy H. Rold, CTR
QA Unit Supervisor
Missouri Cancer Registry and Research Center