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Massachusetts Cancer Registry

Massachusetts Cancer Registry edits

These are the current Massachusetts Cancer Registry Edits. They are to be used to edit the quality of cancer abstracts before submission to the Massachusetts Cancer Registry.

Updated to NAACCR edits Version 16E, Version 4 or 5 software: June 2017

  • 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
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Hospital Scan Edits

Hospital Scan rmf.zip (runtime metafile for Version 4 software) (ZIP 4.91 MB)
Hospital Scan emf.zip (editable metafile for vendors from EditWriter v4) (ZIP 5.47 MB)
Hospital Scan5.zip (metafile from EditWriter v5) (ZIP 14.19 MB)

Office Scan Edits

Office Scan rmf.zip (runtime metafile for GenEDITS Plus v4) (ZIP 4.92 MB)
Office Scan emf.zip (editable metafile for vendors from EditWriter v4) (ZIP 5.47 MB)
Office Scan5.zip (metafile for GenEDITS Plus v5) (ZIP 14.19 MB)

Descriptions of the edits being run in both metafiles

Edits Detail Report (PDF 3.95 MB)
Edits Detail Report (DOCX 343.63 KB)
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