The report provides the opportunity to highlight the past year’s statistical summary and a valuable historical document which summarizes in one publication the cancer program’s activities.
To meet the requirements for approval by the ACOS/COC, the annual report requirements are:
A report of the registry activity and statistical summary of registry data for the calendar year, distribution of primary sites, tables or graphs highlighting the most frequent sites and data on follow up activity, a detailed statistical analysis of one major site of cancer, and an analysis of survival data.
If available, comparisons with national, regional and state data should be included.
Other descriptive statistics must be presented in appropriate graphic, tabular or narrative form.
Valley View Regional Hospital Cancer Program Annual Report 2008