A NEW DAY IN CANCER TREATMENT - St. Joseph Medical Center

“ I would like to mention Lisa, a special positive force...alwayspresents the positive with great assurance and skill. “ s M.L.CANCER INSTITUTE REGISTRY ACTIVITYDATA ANALYSISthat had first pathological/cytological confirmation of their cancermade by the St. Joseph Cancer Institute pathology team (patients neverphysically came to the Cancer Institute). The Registry has maintainedannual follow-up rates well above the CoC required rates. The overallfollow-up rate for all patients is 89.44% (CoC required rate is 80%).The follow-up rate for patients diagnosed in the last five years is93.53% (CoC required rate is 90%). The top five cancer sites collectedin 2008 were breast (21.8%), lung (14.4%), prostate (12.9%), colorectal(9.7%) and non BCC/SCC skin (6.0%). This is consistent with theprevious two accession years (2007 and 2006).The St. Joseph Cancer Institute was awarded full accreditation withcommendation by the American College of Surgeons Commission onCancer in 2009.(NAACCR) produces the official federal cancer incidence statistics.Hospital cancer registry data not only serves as a valuable data sourcefor internal facility-based studies but assists public health professionalsin better ascertaining and alleviating cancer burdens.Cancer Registry data is regularly reviewed for quality by CancerInstitute staff physicians, and the medical staff provides continuousclinical education for the Cancer Registry staff via quality reviewsof registry data. The Cancer Registry staff also stays abreast ofstandardized cancer data collection rules and cancer diagnostics andtherapeutic trends via in-house, local, regional and nationaleducational conferences, as well as webinar conferences.In 2008 the St. Joseph Cancer Institute Cancer Registry registered1,361 cases treated for cancer at St. Joseph’s Cancer Institute.Twelve hundred seventy-seven cases (1,277) were either diagnosedand/or received all or part of their first-course treatment at the CancerInstitute. The Cancer Registry also abstracted and reported 92 cases