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Massachusetts Cancer Registry edits

These are the current Massachusetts Cancer Registry edits. They may be used with software to check the quality of cancer abstracts before submission to the Cancer Registry. Download a compressed file, extract the edits metafile, and save it to a location that is accessible to your software.

Updated to Patched NAACCR edits Version 18D: October 2019

Hospital Scan Edits: Metafile for editing single records within abstracting software
Office Scan Edits: Metafile for editing a file of exported records using GenEDITS Plus 5

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Hospital Scan Edits

Hospital Scan.zip (ZIP 18.3 MB)

Office Scan Edits

Office Scan.zip (ZIP 18.3 MB)

Descriptions of the edits being run in both metafiles

Edits Detail Report (PDF 7.82 MB)

Edits Detail Report (DOCX 974.78 KB)

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Massachusetts Cancer Registry edits

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Massachusetts Cancer Registry edits

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