1. Any newly diagnosed in-situ or invasive cancer or reportable benign and borderline conditions as specified by the ACCR. If a patient subsequently develops a new primary cancer, it shall be reported separately. In addition, health care facilities and providers shall furnish follow-up data on each cancer patient when requested.

1. The format for reporting, the required coding guidelines, and the standards for completeness and quality are specified by the ACCR. Text is required for specified variables and shall be adequate to permit quality assurance evaluation of coding decisions.

1. The standardized report of cancer shall include as a minimum those data items required by the ACCR. The report of cancer shall include the listed demographic, diagnostic, and treatment data as defined by the ACCR.

1. Reporting shall occur no later than six months after the date of diagnosis of cancer and/or initial treatment of cancer.

1. If a hospital, laboratory, facility or health care practitioner fails to provide the required information in the format or time specified by the ACCR or if the data are of unacceptable quality, personnel from the ACCR staff may enter the facility, or access the information electronically, to abstract the information.

1. Staff members from the ACCR shall perform periodic quality assurance activities on all reporting facilities. These activities shall include:

2. Reporting facilities shall assist the ACCR staff by providing the necessary casefinding documents, medical records and office space for conducting quality assurance activities.

3. In order to improve the quality of the data, the ACCR or their appointees shall offer training to reporting facility personnel if deemed necessary.