Question 1
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When a data submitter sends a data file to Central Registry XX, registry staff review every 5th record in the file and compare coded data items to text on abstract. This is:
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Inter-field edit
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Visual editing
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Reliability Study
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Recoding study
Question 2
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What is used to resolve incorrect coding or incongruity between codes?
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Casefinding Audit
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Edit rejection rates
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Reabstracting Study
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Text documentation
Question 3
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If primary site code entered is C54.9 (corpus uteri) and sex code is 1 (male), what type of edit will be generated?
Question 4
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What type of study evaluates the registry's completeness of case incidence reporting?
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Casefinding study
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Lag-time study
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Reabstracting study
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Recoding study
Question 5
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Mary is the cancer data manager at an integrated network cancer program. She manages 10 abstractors and wants to evaluate the consistency of their abstracting. What type of study should she perform?
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Casefinding audit
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Reabstracting study
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Recoding audit
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Reliability study
Question 6
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Quality control activities in the cancer registry are performed to evaluate:
Question 7
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Central Cancer Registry AA has a tumor record for John Smith with a lung primary. A second tumor record is submitted to Central Cancer Registry AA for John Smith with a colon primary. The records match, but a 1 year difference in date of birth is identified. This was identified by:
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Single field edit
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Inter-field edit
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Inter-record edit
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Inter-database edit
Question 8
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What needs to be provided to data collectors as part of the registry quality control program to ensure that change is affected?
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Communication and feedback
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Edit sets
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Planned set of activities
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Uniform standards of quality
Question 9
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Central Cancer Registry LNMOP annually performs casefinding audits at 20% of the reporting facilities in the state. The audits are performed to evaluate:
Question 10
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All case abstractors in facilities that submitted cancer data to the state central registry were required to abstract the same 5 cancer cases as part of a reliability study. This is a way to evaluate what aspect of data quality?
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Accuracy
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Completeness
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Consistency
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Timeliness
Question 11
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A 10 percent sample of abstracts from Hospital A for a specified time period was selected and specified data items were coded by central registry quality control staff using the text provided on the abstract and compared to the codes on the submitted abstract. What type of quality control procedure is this?
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Casefinding study
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Reabstracting study
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Recoding audit
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Visual editing
Question 12
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The central registry from state DD performed a study in hospital X. A sample of abstracts was selected. Central registry staff abstracted the cases using original source documents from the facility, and the abstracts completed by the central registry were compared to the original abstracts. This type of study is:
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Casefinding
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Reabstracting
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Recoding
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Reliability
Question 13
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What edit component is the set of instructions needed to edit data?
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Data dictionary
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Edit set
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Individual edit
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Metafile
Question 14
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What sends notifications of treatment expectations and year-to-date concordance with performance measures to ensure that the program’s cancer patients are receiving evidenced-based cancer care?
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Cancer Program Practice Profile Reports (CP3R)
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National Cancer Database (NCDB)
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National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)
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Rapid Quality Reporting System (RQRS)
Question 15
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What is quality assurance?
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Method to assess survival
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Plan to evaluate workload
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Method to evaluate & assess data
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Plan to assess personnel
Question 16
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Which of the following is not part of the quality control plan?
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Reporting on the results
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Reporting on the number of cases diagnosed
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Recommending corrective action
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Evaluating registry activity
Question 17
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Methods of review may include not which of the following?
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Review abstracts of registrars from another facility
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Re-abstracting
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Running reports looking for inconsistencies
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Review abstracted data against medical records
Question 18
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When resolving conflicts in registry data, you should not:
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Get consultation from experts
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Look for additional information
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Ask the physician for more information
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Assume the reviewer is correct without any documentation
Question 19
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What are not potential reasons for the data to be coded as unknown?
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The information is not available in the medical record
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The registrar could not find the information in the medical record
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The registrar saw the information but did not understand and code it
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The registrar saw the test was not done and coded it as unknown
Question 20
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The quality control plan activities for evaluation should not include:
Question 21
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Criteria for reviews does not include:
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High volume
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Random selection
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High risk
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Common areas of mistakes
Question 22
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Some activities for evaluation should include:
Question 23
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Minimum quality benchmarks include:
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NCDB quality criteria in their call for data
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Quality studies such as CP3R
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State registry quality criteria
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All of the above
Question 24
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The scope of evaluation should not be based on:
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Setting a minimum and maximum threshold
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Just a few cases if a pattern is seen quickly
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Based on error rates
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Based on areas of concern
Question 25
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Inter-record edit checks examine data items within a particular patient's abstract.
Question 26
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Death clearance only is an example of:
Question 27
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An example of acceptance sampling is:
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Reabstracting study
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Computer edit checks
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Edit rejection rates
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Lag time reporting
Question 28
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Timeliness is critical to a registry quality-control process. The method for evaluating timeliness are:
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Visual review
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Reabstraction study
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Casefinding audit
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Lag-time report
Question 29
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A formal procedure to check data accuracy against source documents is called:
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Record linkage
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Prospective study
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Reabstracting study
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Performance measurement
Question 30
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According to the CoC Standard, the maximum number of cases to be evaluated, annually, are:
Question 31
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Routine and automated edit checks should be applied to ________% of a registry's cases.
Question 32
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The quality control plan does the following:
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Specifies the quality control methods, sources, and individuals involved.
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Reviews the diagnosis, treatment, and care of the program’s patients
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Sets annual goals
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Assess the scope of services offered
Question 33
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A follow-up rate of ___% is maintained for all eligible analytic cases diagnosed within the last 5 years or from the cancer registry reference date, whichever is shorter.
Question 34
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According to the Commission on Cancer the maximum number of cancer registry cases that need to have quality control is:
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10% of cases, no matter how big the annual analytic caseload.
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500
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Whatever the Cancer Committee sets as the standard
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300
Question 35
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SEER central registries are required to provide complete counts of new cases for a calendar year within ____months of the end of that calendar year.
Question 36
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For all eligible analytic cases, a follow-up rate of ________% is maintained from the cancer registry reference date.
Question 37
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The CoC requires that 90% of cases be abstracted within _____ months of the first date of contact.
Question 38
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The NAACCR standard states that the central cancer registry should contain at least 95% of the expected cases of reportable cancer occurring in residents within _________________ months of the close of the diagnosis year.
Question 39
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A major activity of NAACCR is:
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Provide standards for coding and editing
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Certify registries that meet national data quality standards
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Train and educate registry staff
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All of the above
Question 40
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The establishment and implementation of a plan to annually evaluate the quality of the cancer registry data and activity is the responsibility of the:
Question 41
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The system to ensure accurate data collection in the cancer registry is known as:
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Patient care evaluation
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Cancer conferences
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Quality control
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Abstracting of cases
Question 42
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A computer data edit:
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Is only used by central cancer registries
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Is a way to check how many cases each abstractor has produced
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Verifies data accuracy
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Is used to check the amount of storage left in the computer
Question 43
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Central registry monitoring of facility case completeness should be performed:
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Every three months
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Bi-annually
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On an ongoing basis
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Quarterly
Question 44
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Which of the following is responsible for establishing the quality improvement priorities of the cancer program and for monitoring the effectiveness of quality improvement activities?
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Commission on Cancer
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Tumor Board
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Cancer Committee
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Cancer Registry
Question 45
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An important element of a quality control program is:
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Establishing a variety of standards applicable to specific issues
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The collection and maintenance of data on data quality.
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Data items with vague definitions
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Monitoring activities should focus on data, only
Question 46
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A characteristic of data quality is:
Question 47
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The quality control plan does the following:
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Specifies the quality control methods, sources, and individuals involved.
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Reviews the diagnosis, treatment, and care of the program’s patients
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Sets annual goals
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Assess the scope of services offered
Question 48
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Methods to obtain follow-up information include, but are not limited to:
Question 49
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Each year CoC accredited cancer programs must submit complete data for all requested analytic cases to the:
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NCDB
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NAACCR
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State central registry
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Heme DB
Question 50
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Every year the cancer committee establishes
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One clinical goal for the endeavors related to cancer care.
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One programmatic goal for the endeavors related to cancer care.
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One clinical and one programmatic goal for the endeavors related to cancer care.
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Two clinical goals and one programmatic goal for the endeavors related to cancer care.
Question 51
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A follow-up rate of ___% is maintained for all eligible analytic cases diagnosed within the last 5 years or from the cancer registry reference date, whichever is shorter.