The American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer: Cancer Program and Data Standards

Approvals

New! Update 2008

Cancer Program Standards 2004 Revised Edition

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Resources for Cancer Programs

Data

FORDS: Revised for 2009

Coding Embolization: Joint Statement by CoC, SEER and NPCR, December 2007 (20K PDF)

Summary Reference of Cancer Registry Manual Implementation Dates (10K PDF)

ROADS Documents for Historical Reference

Guidelines for the Implementation of SEER Summary Stage 2000

SEER Web site for ICD-O-3 Training
(SEER's new site offers an informative ICD-O-3 training module.)

SEER ICD-O-3 Errata and Clarifications

NAACCR Guidelines for Implementing ICD-O-3

NAACCR 2003 Implementation Guidelines and Recommendations (485K PDF)

NAACCR 2004 Implementation Guidelines (990K PDF)

NAACCR 2006 Implementation Guidelines

NAACCR 2007 Implementation Guidelines (450K PDF)
The NAACCR 2007 Implementation Guidelines are also available on the NAACCR Web site. These guidelines, based on the NAACCR version 11.1 record layout, include recommendations for the implementation of National Provider Identifier (NPI) codes and the new Multiple Primary and Histology rules.

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Revised November 20, 2008