2008 Cancer Reporting Handbook - Complete Version

2008 Cancer Reporting Handbook - Complete Version

Hard copies of the 2008 Cancer Reporting Handbook are available upon request
from your regional office.

Please Note: The files on this page will make up a COMPLETE 2008 version of the Texas Cancer Reporting Handbook. You may download the handbook as a single (complete) file or as individual sections. You may also copy the edition which was sent to your facility.

• You may download the COMPLETE 2008 Cancer Reporting Handbook - .zip (193 MB)
  Please Note: This zipped file will take 25-75 minutes to download, depending on your connection speed.

2009 Handbook Errata

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2008 Handbook Errata

• Errata - .pdf (4.23 MB)

2008 Cancer Reporting Handbook

• Handbook Cover - .pdf (125 KB)
• Handbook Spine - .pdf (390 KB)
• Table of Contents - .pdf (332 KB)

• Introduction - .pdf (4.66 MB)
• Reporting Tools - .pdf (4.03 MB)
• Standards - .pdf (276 KB)
• Casefinding - .pdf (12.8 MB)
• Demographics - .pdf (20 MB)
• Cancer Information - .pdf (26.4 MB)
• Treatment Information - .pdf (14.8 MB)
• Text Documentation - .pdf (9.47 MB)

• Appendix A: CS Schemas/Surgery Codes
• Appendix B: Texas Cancer Reporting Law & Rules - .pdf (1.2 MB)
• Appendix C: FIPS County Codes - .pdf (206 KB)
• Appendix E: MP-Lymphatic/Hematopoietic Diseases- .pdf (1.16 MB)
• Appendix F: Reporting Forms/Examples
  • Blank Form - .pdf (193 KB)
  • Example 01 - .pdf (210 KB)
  • Example 02 - .pdf (210 KB)
  • Example 03 - .pdf (210 KB)
  • Example 04 - .pdf (210 KB)
  • Example 05 - .pdf (210 KB)
  • Example 06 - .pdf (210 KB)
  • Example 07 - .pdf (210 KB)
  • Example 08 - .pdf (210 KB)
  • Example 09 - .pdf (210 KB)
  • Example 10 - .pdf (210 KB)
  • Example 11 - .pdf (210 KB)

• Appendix G: SEER Geocodes - .pdf (560 KB)
• Appendix H: Comparison of Data Sets - .pdf (1.56 MB)
• Appendix I: Reportable List - .pdf (575 KB)
• Appendix J: Common Abbreviations - .pdf (420 KB)
• Appendix O: Primary Histology and Coding Rules
  • Part 1 - .pdf (29.4 MB)
  • Part 2 - .pdf (37.1 MB)

• Appendix D: Multiple Primaries - .pdf (2.7 MB)
• Appendix K: Health Service Regions - .pdf (95.4 KB)
• Appendix L:
  • Transmittal Form & Instructions- .doc (167 KB)
• Appendix M: Spanish/Hispanic Surnames - .pdf (122 KB)
• Appendix N: CRESS - .pdf (379 KB)
  
  Please Note: Appendix K has been moved to the Reporting Tools section and will no longer be available online after January 2009.
  

Please Note: Appendix N has been updated with current (2008) instructions for CRESS. These updated instructions are part of the 2008 Texas Cancer Reporting Handbook.