Cancer Reporting

Information for hospitals/health care facilities

All Health care facilities that diagnose or provide treatment for cancer patients must report cancer cases to the NJSCR. All abstracting work performed by a health care facility which diagnoses or treats 100 or more cases per year must be performed by a Certified Tumor Registrar who is certified by the National Cancer Registrars Association.

All cases of cancer and other specified tumors and precancerous diseases must be reported to the NJSCR within six months of diagnosis.  A cancer registry abstract must be completed for each newly diagnosed case.  A separate abstract must be completed for each primary.  A health care facility that fails to report cases of cancer electronically, as required by regulation, within six months of diagnosis shall be liable to pay a penalty as stated in N.J.S.A. 26:2-106.  The Cancer Registry Statute [pdf 266k] contains a copy of the reportable list.

Rocky Mountain Cancer Data Systems Software (RMCDS) is available to hospitals free of charge for reporting cancer cases to the NJSCR electronically.  NJSCR staff will assist in the installation and provide training. RMCDS can be run on a free-standing computer or a network.  This software is user-friendly and can produce patient listings, standard summary reports, statistical reports, such as frequencies, survival reports, and cross tabulations.

Training & Educational Opportunities for Cancer Registrars [pdf 18kb]

Learn about helpful tips from the NJSCR, read E-Tips [pdf 31kb]

NJSCR Manual 2010: Abstracting and Coding Instructions for Facilities [pdf 1.8mb]

Hospital Completeness Award Application [pdf 38kb]

Hospital Completeness Award Recipients [pdf 447k]