A comprehensive source for information on publications and materials relating to cancer registry data may also be found by searching organizations listed under Links.

Data Standards and Data Dictionaries

Havener L, Abe T, Bushhouse S, Gordon B, Hamlyn E, Hill K, Hurlbut A, Menck H, editors. Standards for Cancer Registries Volume I: Data Exchange and Data Descriptions, Version 11. Springfield, IL: North American Association of Central Cancer Registries, November 2004.
Available at: www.naaccr.org/index.asp?Col_SectionKey=7&Col_ContentID=125

Havener L, Hultstrom D, editors. Standards for Cancer Registries Volume II: Data Standards and Data Dictionary, Tenth Edition, Version 11. Springfield, IL: North American Association of Central Cancer Registries, November 2004.
Available at: www.naaccr.org/index.asp?Col_SectionKey=7&Col_ContentID=133

Havener L (Ed). Standards for Cancer Registries Volume III: Standards for Completeness, Quality, Analysis, and Management of Data. Springfield (IL): North American Association of Central Cancer Registries, October 2004.
Available at: www.naaccr.org/index.asp?Col_SectionKey=7&Col_ContentID=135

Johnson CH, editor. SEER Coding and Staging Manual 2004, 4th Ed. Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results Program. Baltimore, MD: National Institutes of Health, 2004. NIH Publication Number 04-5581.
Available at: www.seer.cancer.gov/tools/codingmanuals/

Commission on Cancer Approvals Program. Cancer Program Standards 2004. Chicago, IL: American College of Surgeons, 2003.
Available at: www.facs.org/cancer/coc/programstandards.html

Phillips JL, Stewart AK, editors. Facility Oncology Registry Data Standards: Revised for 2004 (FORDS 2004). Chicago, IL: American College of Surgeons, 2002.
Available at: www.facs.org/cancer/coc/fordsmanual.html

Disease Classification

Fritz A, Percy C, et al, editors. International Classification of Diseases for Oncology, 3rd Ed. (ICD-O-3) Geneva: World Health Organization; 2000.
ISBN 9241545348.

World Health Organization. International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems. 10th rev. (ICD-10-CM) Geneva: World Health Organization; 1992. 3 Volumes: v1: ISBN 9241544198, v2: ISBN 924154420, v3: ISBN 924154421.

Staging

Collaborative Staging Task Force of the American Joint Committee on Cancer. Collaborative Staging Manual and Coding Instructions, version 1.0. Jointly published by American Joint Committee on Cancer (Chicago, IL) and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Bethesda, MD), 2004. NIH Publication Number 04-5496.
Available at: www.cancerstaging.org/cstage/index.html

Fritz AG, Hultstrom DV, editors. Workbook for Staging of Cancer, 2nd Ed. Lenexa, KS: National Cancer Registrars Association, 1999.
Available at: www.ncra-usa.org/store/index.htm

Green FL, Page DL, et al, editors. AJCC Cancer Staging Manual, 6th Ed. New York, NY: Springer-Verlag; 2002. ISBN 0387952713.

Young JL Jr, Roffers SD, Ries LAG, Fritz AG, Hurlbut AA (eds). SEER Summary Staging Manual - 2000: Codes and Coding Instructions, National Cancer Institute, NIH Pub. No. 01-4969, Bethesda, MD, 2001.
Available at: seer.cancer.gov/tools/ssm/

Cancer Registries

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.
Available at: www.cdc.gov/cancer/npcr/training/

Hutchison CL, Menck HR, Burch M, Gottschalk R, editors. Cancer Registry Management, Principles & Practice, 2nd Ed. Alexandria, VA: Kendall/Hunt; 2004. ISBN 0757501923.
Available at: www.ncra-usa.org/store/index.htm

Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results, Self Instructional Manuals for Tumor Registrars. SEER Program, National Cancer Institute, Executive Plaza North, Room 343J, Bethesda, MD 20892
Available at: seer.cancer.gov/training/manuals/

Book 1 Objectives and Functions of a Tumor Registry. NIH Publication No. 80-917.
Book 2 Cancer Characteristics and Selection of Cases. NIH Publication No. 92-993.
Book 3 Tumor Registrar Vocabulary: The Composition of Medical Terms. NIH Publication No. 93-1078.
Book 4 Human Anatomy as Related to Tumor Formation. . NIH Publication No. 93-2161.
Book 5 Abstracting a Medical Record: Patient Identification, History and Examinations. NIH Publication No. 93-1263.
Book 6 SEER Summary Staging Guide. Replaced by NIH Publication No. 86-2313.
Book 7 Statistics and Epidemiology for Cancer Registrars. NIH Publication No. 94-3766.
Book 8 Antineoplastic Drugs. NIH Publication No. 94-2441.