CANCER INCIDENCE BY SITE

Oncology Data Services Activity ReportThrough the efforts of the Oncology Data Services Department, South Jersey Healthcare has access todemographic and disease related information on nearly 22,000 cancer patients. This data is utilized tomonitor trends in cancer incidence, identify areas of concern in disease management, and developprograms to address the needs of our community.Information contained in our detailed database undergoes intense physician review to ensure thecollection of precise, accurate information. Our de-identified data is subjected to a second reviewprocess when it is submitted to the New Jersey State Department of Health Cancer Registry, and a thirdreview when submitted to the National Cancer Database (NCDB). In 2009 we electronically uploadedmore than 3,700 cases to the NCDB and all cases were deemed to be error free on submission.The data submitted to the NCDB is used to measure performance rates, which promote awareness ofthe importance of compliance with evidence-based practice guidelines. These measures wereestablished when the National Quality Forum brought together payers, consumers, researchers andclinicians to broaden the consensus on treatment of breast and colorectal cancer. South JerseyHealthcare consistently performs above state and national averages in all six available measures.Evelyn CorwonskiSupervisor, Oncology Data Services