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The following references have been used in preparing the 2010 examinations.

STANDARD REGISTRY RESOURCES

*Indicates books needed for open-book portion of examination.

American Cancer Society. Clinical Oncology, 2001.
Raymond E. Lenhard, Jr., MD, Robert T. Osteen, MD, Ted Gansler, MD
ISBN: 0-944235-15-8

American College of Surgeons, Commission on Cancer. Cancer Program Standards 2009 Revised Edition

American College of Surgeons, Commission on Cancer. Facility Oncology Registry Data Standards (FORDS): Revised for 2009.

*American Joint Commission on Cancer's Cancer Staging Manual, Sixth Edition.
Springer Verlag, 2002.
ISBN: 0387952713

Cancer Registry Management, Principles, and Practice. Second Edition. Hutchinson, C., Menck, H., Burch, M., and Gottschalk, R. (Editors). Dubuque: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co., 2004

Central Cancer Registries: Design, Management, and Use. 2nd Edition (2007). Menck, H.; Deapen D.; Phillips J.L.; Tucker T. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co. ISBN# 978-0-7575-3120-0.

*Collaborative Staging Manual and Coding Instructions Version 01.04.00. Jointly published by American Joint Committee on Cancer (Chicago, IL) and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Bethesda, MD), 2007. NIH Publication Number 04-5496.
Order a hard copy.

Dorland, W. A., Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, 31st Edition.
W B Saunders, 2007

* Multiple Primary and Histology Coding Rules (2007). Johnson CH, Peace S, Adamo P, Fritz A, Percy-Laurry A, Edwards BK. National Cancer Institute, SEER Program. Bethesda, MD 2007.

National Cancer Institute, Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results Reporting. SEER*Rx - Interactive Antineoplastic Drugs Database

National Cancer Institute, Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results Reporting. Self-Instructional Manual for Cancer Registrars, Book 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7
NIH Publications.
Order SEER Publications

*World Health Organization. International Classification of Diseases for Oncology, 3rd Edition (ICD-O-3)
WHO, 2000.
ISBN: 9241545348
WHO Bookshop

*Indicates books needed for open-book portion of examination.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

The following resources may be used to prepare for the examination. The list may not include all acceptable references and the examination questions may not be drawn solely from these references.

• Basic textbooks in human anatomy and physiology, biostatistics, and epidemiology.

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Data collection of primary central nervous system tumors. National Program of Cancer Registries Training Materials. Atlanta, Georgia: Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004

• Clemente, C. Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body (30th Edition). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. ISBN: 978-0812106442.

• National Cancer Institute. Abstracting and Coding Guide for the Hematopoietic Diseases, NIH Publications, 2002.
[No. T-007] Pub. No. 02-5146.
Order SEER Publications

• Gookin, D. PCs for Dummies, 11th Edition.
John Wiley & Sons, 2007.

• National Cancer Institute, Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results Reporting. SEER Program Coding and Staging Manual 2007 (with 2008 revisions). NIH Publication Number 04-5581

• NAACCR’s Registry Operations Guidelines and Standards

• North American Association of Central Cancer Registries. NAACCR's Data Standards for Cancer Registries. Volume II & III.

ERRATA
The 2010 exams are finalized the year before the exams are offered. Therefore errata published in 2010 will not be tested exam content. Only errata published prior to 2010 will be tested.