NAACCR | North American Association of Central Cancer Registries

Everything 2010

NAACCR is pleased to announce “Everything 2010” a “one-stop-shop” for 2010 change implementation. We have gathered important information, programs, documentation and updates concerning 2010 and placed them in one convenient location for you. If you need information about 2010 changes, check here first! If you can’t find something that you need, contact us at info@naaccr.org, and we will do our best to get it posted to the site.

News and Updates

• CDC Releases Revised Conversion Program Including Correction to CS Conversion - NAACCR ListServ Announcement
• Revised Specifications for Converting CSv1 to CSv2 Released - NAACCR ListServ Announcement
• CSv2 IT Team Update - June 2010
• SEER Abstract Addendum Generator for 2010 Cases Abstracted under CSv1 (Released May 18, 2010)
  The ideal situation is that all 2010+cases are abstracted into Collaborative Staging Version 2 (CSv2) software; however, some registries may need to abstract 2010+ cases before their abstracting software is updated to CSv2. This tool lists the Collaborative Staging fields and space to abstract the information needed for CSv2.
• The Northcon12 record converter is now available for download from CDC-NPCR at http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/npcr/tools/registryplus/up_download.htm. This program is written to convert a file of records to the standard data layout of the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR) version 12. The input file should consist of records conforming to the NAACCR record layout standards for versions 11, 11.1, 11.2, and 11.3.
• AJCC Collaborative Stage Version 02.02.00 Release Announcement - May 5, 2010
• AJCC CSv2 Update - April 19, 2010
• The third production version of CSv2 was released on 04/29/2010 (Build/Version Number: 02.02.00).
• During the CSv2 Management Meeting in Chicago (March 2010), it was determined that the CS PreRX and CS PostRX data items implementation is delayed until January 2012.
• CSv2 IT Team Update - April 2010

Important Links

• NAACCR Standards Volume II Version 12 (document, errata pages, Access database)
• NAACCR 2010 Implementation Guidelines
• CSv2 Software Products (dll, test cases, CSv1 to CSv2 Conversion Specs)
• CSv2 Coding Instructions (CSv2 Implementation Guidelines, General Rules, Standard Setter Requirements)
• CSv2 Site-Specific Schema
• Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Neoplasm Project
• EDITS Metafiles
• EDITS Software

Standard Setters

• American College of Surgeons: Commission on Cancer (ACoS: CoC)
• American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: National Program of Cancer Registries (CDC: NPCR)
• Canadian Council of Cancer Registries (CCCR)
• National Cancer Institute: Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program (NCI: SEER)
• National Cancer Registrars Association (NCRA)

Training

• Canadian Council of Cancer Registries Training
• CoC Training
• NAACCR Training
• NCRA Training
• NPCR Training
• SEER Training