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One of the fundamental necessities of cancer surveillance is for users of cancer information to be assured that case definitions, coding practices, and conversions of medical terminology to useful categories is standardized. This enables compilation of case-specific information into useful and meaningful registers. It also enables meaningful comparison of data across different registries.
When NAACCR, Inc. was first organized, it focused its efforts to achieve consensus on cancer registration standards among the many standard setters in the United States and Canada. They include the American College of Surgeons, the National Cancer Institute, and the Canadian Cancer Registry at Statistics Canada. Today nearly all registries throughout the United States and Canada have adopted the NAACCR consensus standards. These standards are updated annually. Maintaining current standards to meet the needs of the NAACCR community is an ongoing and major NAACCR activity.
Data Standards for Cancer Registries - Volumes I-V
- Request Addition of a New Data Item to Volume II or Volume V
- Request Change to an Existing Data Item in Volume II or Volume V
Implementation Guidelines
Inventory of Best Practice Assurances of Data Confidentiality (PDF)
NAACCR Method to Enhance Hispanic/Latino Identification (Redirects to the Data Analysis Tools Page)
Site-Specific Comparison of Summary Stage 1977 and Summary Stage 2000 Coding
NAACCR Real-Time Reporting
- NAACCR Real Time Reporting Task Force - Report to the Board (PDF - Jan. 2006)
- NAACCR Real Time Reporting Recommendations (Word - Approved April 19, 2006)
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