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Required Books and Manuals
Following is the list of required textbooks and reference
manuals for the Cancer Registry Management Program. Textbooks
must be purchased by the student and should be available prior to starting
the associated course(s). Most reference manuals are provided as FREE
downloads in the courses.
Prerequisite Courses
To order any of the introductory
course books (below) from AHIMA, you may
place
an order
by phone
at (800) 335-5535 using a valid credit card. Or, print a copy of the order
form and mail or fax it to us with your payment.
You do not have to purchase the books from
AHIMA. However, if you buy them somewhere else, you must be sure
to purchase books with the exact ISBN numbers listed.
Anatomy
and Physiology
Title: The Anatomy and Physiology Learning System Text and Study Guide Package, 3rd Edition
Author: Edith J. Applegate
ISBN: 141603126X
Included are a textbook (individual ISBN: 1416025863) and workbook (individual ISBN: 1416025855)
Publisher: W.B. Saunders (2006)
AHIMA Product Number: CB603006
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here for AHIMA price and order form
Computer Basics
in Healthcare
Title: Introduction to Computers for Healthcare Professionals, Fourth Edition
Authors: Irene Joos, Nancy I. Whitman, Marjorie J. Smith and Ramona Nelson
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett (2006)
ISBN: 0-7637-2883-7
AHIMA Product Number: CB503206
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here for price and order form
Medical Terminology
Title: Mastering Healthcare Terminology, 3rd edition
Author: Betsy J. Shiland, MS, RHIA, CPHQ, CTR
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN-10: 0-323-05506-2
ISBN-13: 978-0-323-05506-2
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here for price and order form
Pathophysiology/Pharmacology
Title: Pharmacology: An Introductory Text, 11th edition
Author: Mary Kaye Asperheim, MD
Publisher: W. B. Saunders
ISBN: 978-1-4160-5905-9
AHIMA Product Number: CB602009
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Pathophysiology for the Health Professions, 3rd edition
Author: Barbara Gould
Publisher: Elsevier / Saunders
ISBN: 978-1-4160-0210-9
AHIMA Product Number: CB601006
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Required Books for
CRM Specialty
Courses
(Listed in the sequence in which
the courses should be completed)
There are three required textbooks and several downloadable reference manuals that are used in the Cancer Registry Management Specialty courses (clusters 2 and 3). You may purchase the textbooks from the bookstore of your choosing; some popular choices are presented below. Be sure
to purchase books with the exact ISBN numbers listed
• Required textbooks:
Title: Cancer Registry
Management: Principles & Practice, Second Edition
Editors: Carol L. Hutchison, et al.
Publisher: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company
ISBN: 0-7575-0192-3
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here to order from Kendell/Hunt Publishing Company
Title: ICD-O (International Classification
of Diseases for Oncology, Third Edition)
Editors: April Fritz, et al.
Publisher: World Health Organization; 3rd Illus edition
ISBN: 92-4-154534-8 (also known by 13-digit ISBN: 9789241545341)
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here to order this book from Amazon.com
Click
here to order from the publisher, the World Health Organization – Using their search function, search for the term "ICD-O" (that's the letter O, not a zero). Be sure to select the edition that is from 2000, in English; it is listed with the 13-digit ISBN.
Title: AJCC (American Joint Committee on
Cancer) Cancer Staging Manual - 6th Edition
Editors: Frederick L. Greene, et al.
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
ISBN: 0-387952713
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here to order this book from Amazon.com.
Which courses use each book:
| Course: |
Textbook:
Cancer Reg. Mgmt: Principles and Practice
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Textbook:
ICD-O-3
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Textbook:
AJCC Cancer Staging Manual
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| Cancer
Registry Structure and Management |
x
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| Cancer
Registry Operations |
x
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| Cancer
Disease Coding and Staging |
x
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x
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x
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| Oncology
Treatment and Coding |
x
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| Abstracting
Methods |
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x
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x
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| Follow-up,
Data Quality, and Utilization |
x
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• Downloads provided in the courses:
Cancer Registry Structure and Management
No downloaded manuals are required in this course. See required textbook above.
Cancer Registry Operations
| Downloads provided in the
course (for required textbook see above) |
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Title: FORDS (Facility Oncology Registry Data Standards), 2009 edition
American College of Surgeons, Commission on Cancer
A link to the free download is provided in the course
Title: Commission on Cancer: Cancer Program
Standards, 2009
American College of Surgeons, Commission on Cancer
A link to the free download is provided in the course |
Cancer Disease, Coding, and Staging
| Downloads provided in the course (for 3 required textbooks see above) |
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Title: SEER Self-Instructional Manuals for
Cancer Registrars, multiple books
Multiple titles
National Institutes of Health
National Cancer Institute
Links to the free downloads, and information to order the free CD-ROM will
be provided in the course
Title: FORDS (Facility Oncology Registry Data Standards), 2009 edition
American College of Surgeons, Commission on Cancer
A link to the free download is provided in the course
Title: SEER Summary Staging Manual 2000
National Institutes of Health National Cancer Institute
A link to the free download is provided in the course
Title: Collaborative Staging Manual and Coding
Instructions, parts 1 and 2
Version 01.04.00
Collaborative Staging Task Force of the American Joint Committee
on Cancer
A link to the free download is provided in the course
Title: Multiple Primary and Histology Coding
Rules Manual
National Cancer Institute, Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results
Program
A link to the free download is provided in the course |
Oncology Treatment
and Coding
| Downloads provided in the course (for required textbook see above) |
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Title: FORDS (Facility
Oncology Registry Data Standards), 2009 edition
American College of Surgeons, Commission on Cancer
A link to the free download is provided in the course
Title: SEER Self-Instructional
Manual for Tumor Registrars, Book 8, Third Edition
Antineoplastic Drugs
National Institutes of Health
National Cancer Institute
A link to the free download is provided in the course
SEER*Rx - Interactive Antineoplastic Drugs Database
National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute
A link to the free download is provided in the course
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Abstracting Methods
| Downloads provided in the course (for 2 required textbooks see above) |
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Title: Commission on
Cancer: Cancer Program Standards, 2009
American College of Surgeons, Commission on Cancer
A link to the free download is provided in the course
Title: SEER Summary Staging Manual 2000
National Institutes of Health
National Cancer Institute
A link to the free download is provided in the course
Title: SEER Self-Instructional Manual for
Cancer Registrars, Book 5
Abstracting a Medical Record: Patient Identification,
History, and Examinations (1993)
National Institutes of Health
National Cancer Institute
A link to the free download is provided in the course
Title: FORDS (Facility Oncology Registry
Data Standards), 2009 edition
American College of Surgeons, Commission on Cancer
A link to the free download is provided in the course
Title: Collaborative Staging Manual and
Coding Instructions, parts 1 and 2
Version 01.04.00
Collaborative Staging Task Force of the American Joint Committee on Cancer
A link to the free download is provided in the course |
Follow Up, Data Quality
and Utilization
| Downloads provided in the course (for required textbook see above) |
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Title: FORDS (Facility Oncology Registry
Data Standards), 2009 edition
American College of Surgeons, Commission on Cancer
A link to the free download is provided in the course
Title: SEER Self-Instructional Manual
for Tumor Registrars, Book 7
Statistics and Epidemiology for Cancer Registrars
National Institutes of Health
National Cancer Institute
A link to the free download is provided in the course
Title: Commission on Cancer: Cancer
Program Standards, 2009
American College of Surgeons, Commission on Cancer
A link to the free download is provided in the course
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