Texas Cancer Registry

Cancer Reporting Handbook

The Texas Cancer Registry Cancer Reporting Handbook, 2006 Edition, revised April 2007, serves as the instruction manual providing rules and guidelines to assure the consistent collection and coding of relevant cancer case information. The contents of this manual are based on the guidelines and standards for cancer reporting established by the National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR); Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program (SEER) of the National Cancer Institute (NCI); and the American College of Surgeons (ACoS).

The Handbook has been revised to include reporting requirements for 2007 cases in addition to those applicable for 2006 cases.

Go to the 2007 Cancer Reporting Handbook Page

Download the Complete 2007 Cancer Reporting Handbook
Note : These are complete files. You may right-click on a link to "SAVE AS" to your directory.

• 2007 Cancer Reporting Handbook (.pdf, 256 MB)
• 2007 Cancer Reporting Handbook (.zip, 215 MB)

Download the Handbook Revisions (ONLY) as Complete Files:
Note : These are complete files. You may right-click on a link to "SAVE AS" to your directory.

• 2007 Cancer Reporting Handbook Revisions (.pdf, 189 MB)
• 2007 Cancer Reporting Handbook Revisions (.zip, 158 MB)

Go to the 2006 Cancer Reporting Handbook Page

SANDCRAB Lite Reporting Software

The Texas Cancer Registry (TCR) develops and distributes a free software, SANDCRAB (Statewide Algorithm aNd Database for Cancer Registration and ABatement) Lite, for Windows, to meet the reporting requirements of the Texas Cancer Incidence Reporting Act.

SANDCRAB Lite (SCL) is very user friendly and was designed to be used by institutions to report cancer incidence data electronically to the TCR. SCL has on-line edit checking for resolution of errors prior to data submission, pop-up selection boxes for looking up codes and the capability to display or print reference reports from the data entered by the reporting institution. SCL allows cancer cases to be downloaded to diskette or submitted by FTP to the TCR, thus eliminating paper reporting forms.

SCL may be used on your network. You can now Register to download SANDCRAB Lite 10.0 online.

• DSHS Privacy Policy

• Go to the SANDCRAB Lite page

• Go to the SANDCRAB Lite - Pathlabs page

Cancer Reporting Publications

Quality Assurance Flyer

Texas Cancer Reporting Newsletter

SANDCRAB Lite 10.0 User's Manual

Registrar Resources

SEER RX website

2007 Multiple Primary and
Histology Rules

CS Revisions Version 01.03.00

Texas Medical Board - Physician Information