Albert J. and Judith A. Dunlap Cancer Center at Mayo Clinic Health ...

At CHAMPS Oncology, the emphasis is on high-quality data and not quantity. The certified tumor registrar is
continually educated and evaluated to provide accurate clinical documentation. The true function of any cancer
registry is to integrate each patient’s disease diagnosis and course into an abstract summary. The abstract will be
used by local, state and national organizations to construct patterns and outcomes. Physicians use the data to
develop treatment strategies and identify care inconsistencies. The information is used to generate data for
studies and provide a historical base for the best possible reporting results. Cancer statistics must be reliable and
useful on all levels — for clinics, hospitals, governmental and other health agencies.
Our medical abstractors at Mayo Clinic Health System are educated in medical and oncology practices and use a
standard data set and coding instructions to collect and interpret cancer information. The data complies with
federal and state reporting mandates.
By request, Mayo Clinic Health System medical abstractors have added facility-specific fields to the database
and expanded the information possibilities. Physicians and administrators have customized the information they
want collected and rely on the certified tumor registrar to provide useful reporting methods. Physicians at Mayo
Clinic Health System in Eau Claire use the cancer registry limitlessly. To date, the facility is participating in
three cancer care programs: COC, NAPBC and QOPI. Multiple studies have been developed and continue to be
a vital part of cancer care planning. Medical oncology has studies available on lung, breast, colorectal, prostate
and bladder cancers. Mayo Clinic Health System in Eau Claire is a shining example of how to fully benefit from
cancer registry data.
Over the years, cancer registries nationwide have served to identify environmental influences, financial-related
treatment connections, cultural treatment barriers and identified less invasive treatment options. A cancer
registry provides accurate data that overall saves the patient and facility unwarranted medical costs. Ultimately,
a cancer registry helps facilities to raise the bar for standard of care.
The Mayo Clinic Health System/CHAMPS Oncology cancer registry is part of a combined effort to offer cancer
patients the best optimum care and treatment outcomes.
2011 Analytic Cases by Site, Gender and Stage
Mayo Clinic Health System in Eau Claire 2011 Analytic Cases by Site, Gender and Stage
PRIMARY SITES SEX AJCC STAGE
TOTAL M F 0 I II III IV UNK N/A
ALL SITES 732 363 369 57 220 118 111 135 12 79
BASE OF TONGUE 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
OTHER PARTS OF TONGUE 4 3 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0
GUM 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
FLOOR OF MOUTH 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
PAROTID GLAND 3 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
TONSIL 5 3 2 0 1 0 1 3 0 0
OROPHARYNX 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0
ESOPHAGUS 13 10 3 0 1 3 5 4 0 0
STOMACH 10 6 4 0 3 1 2 4 0 0
SMALL INTESTINE 4 2 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
COLON 44 20 24 1 11 14 10 7 1 0