VA Central Cancer Registry (VACCR)

The VA Central Cancer Registry is a function of the Chief, Program Office for Oncology  at VA Headquarters in Washington DC.  It was implemented under  VHA Directive 2003-034 (updated)  National Cancer Directive   at the beginning of FY98. The reference date for data collection and reporting is January 1, 1995. There are approximately 140 VA medical centers diagnosing and/or treating patients with cancer. This site aggregates the data  collected by the medical centers' cancer registries. 

In order to take  full  advantage this data resource, a thorough understanding of cancer data collection and reporting methods is necessary. The data are encoded using the standards of theAmerican College of Surgeons'  Facility Oncology Registry Data Standards (FORDS),  the NCI's Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results Program (SEER),  American Joint Commission on Cancer's Manual for the Staging of Cancer (AJCC),  and the International Classification of Diseases for Oncology (ICD-O-2/3).

For any questions, comments, suggestions, problems or additional support, please contact: Raye-Anne Dorn at rayeanne.dorn@va.gov

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