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The
Cancer Registry at Lexington Medical Center serves two functions.
Not only does it collect the data for the South Carolina Central
Cancer Registry, as mandated by both state and federal law, it also
maintains a concise record of those cancer patients diagnosed and
treated at this facility. While collecting and reporting data on
cancer patients in our facility, the confidentiality of each patient
is rigidly maintained.
The data
collected for the state is on all cancers seen at LMC and helps to
determine the cancer burden for the State of South Carolina. These
figures aid in the determination of funds that are apportioned to
the state, by the federal government, for research, treatment, and
other areas of cancer care that directly impact the residents of
South Carolina. The investigations that look at such things as
“cancer clusters” to determine if an environmental cause may be
contributing to cancer in a designated area are paid for out of
these funds.
From a
hospital standpoint, the Cancer Registry serves as the data
collection arm of the Cancer Program. All the data is collected in
compliance with the rules and regulations of the American College of
Surgeons Commission on Cancer. The data is collected in such a way
as to be useful for research and looks at such things as date of
diagnosis, the stage of disease at the time of diagnosis, treatment
regimen, date treatment was started and survival data.
As
Certified Tumor Registrars, we are proud to be a part of the team
made up of physicians, nurses, administration, outreach, and all of
the employees of Lexington Medical Center who contribute to the
diagnosis and treatment of our cancer patients. We will continue to
give it our very best effort to see that the data collected for the
Cancer Program is above and beyond the requirements of NAACCR (North
American Association of Central Cancer Registries), South Carolina
Central Cancer Registry and the American College of Surgeons
Commission on Cancer.
“Behind
every national cancer statistic is a dedicated cancer registrar.”
LMC’s
Cancer Registrars:
Jean
Tooke, CTR
Carol
Rikard, RHIA, CTR
Carolyn
Sanders, CTR
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