Types of cancer registries that can receive CoC approval?

• A. Population-based central registries
• B. Hospital-based registries
• C. Both (a) and (b)
• D. Neither (a) nor (b)

Answer: (B)

CoC accreditation looks at data from the hospital’s own cancer program, which is supported by a hospital-based cancer registry. This registry collects and manages patient data for cancers treated at that specific hospital, with processes in place to ensure data completeness, quality, and follow-up. Population-based central registries, on the other hand, gather cancer data for a defined geographic population and are maintained by centralized or state entities to monitor incidence and public health trends. While these population-based registries are crucial for surveillance at a public-health level, they’re not the registries used by the CoC to approve or credential an individual hospital’s cancer program. Therefore, hospital-based registries are the type that can receive CoC approval.