SEER Training Modules
11/27/12 - The NCI is working on updating materials.

Quiz: Casefinding Methods

In active casefinding procedures, registry personnel retrieve and screen the source documents, such as disease indices, pathology reports, and autopsy documents except .
1. surgery schedules
2. admission and discharge documents
3. doctor prescriptions
4. radiation oncology
The advantage of active casefinding procedures is that this method .
1. is more thorough and accurate
2. costs less money
3. is less time consuming
4. requires fewer people involved in the process
Non-registry staff could miss the collection of cases with diagnostic terms that may not sound .
1. benign
2. ambiguious
3. cancerous
4. pleasant
With passive casefinding, the registry relies on to notify the registrar of potentially reportable cases.
1. cancer registry management
2. no one
3. people of governing agencies
4. other health care professionals
A combination of active and passive casefinding is system in registries today.
1. a rarely used
2. an outdated
3. an experimental
4. commonly used
The must identify the critical casefinding sources that require active review by the registrar.
1. pathologist
2. physician
3. registrar
4. public health officer