California Cancer Reporting System Standards Volume I: Abstracting and Coding Procedures
Timeliness involves how quickly the reporting facility submits a case to a regional registry or central registry after admission of the patient. Regional registries and the central registry monitor the timeliness of data submitted by facilities.
The standard established by the CCR is that 97 percent of cases must be received by the regional registry or central registry within six months of admission and 100 percent must be received within 12 months of admission.
Although every effort should be made to complete cases before they are transmitted to the regional registry or central registry, it is recognized that some cancer cases undergo treatment later than six-months from the date of admission.
Submit treatment information in a correction record as available.