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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" citation="COMAR 10.14.01.05" title_num="10" subtitle_num="14" chapter_num="01" heading="Content of a Cancer Report.">
  <text>A cancer report shall contain the following information, using the standard nomenclature contained in the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries' Standards for Cancer Registries, Volume II, Data Standards and Data Dictionary:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Reasonably obtained patient demographic information, including risk factors;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Information on the industrial or occupational history of an individual with cancer, to the extent such information is available;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Relevant information on the:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Initial diagnosis, including the date of the diagnosis;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Initial treatment;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Extent of the disease by the end of the first hospitalization; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Extent of the disease within 2 months of diagnosis, if the information is available to the reporting facility, nursing facility, assisted living program, or general hospice care program;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Facility and other provider identification information; and</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Other requirements as considered necessary by the Secretary.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>