FCDS is happy to announce this year’s recipients of the Pat Strait Award for Excellence in Cancer Registration.

The FCDS conducts annual follow-back audits and linkages with hospital discharge data to identify missed cancer cases. These activities ensure completeness of cases for certification and reporting.

The April 2024 Cancer Reporting Completeness Report is now available.

The Data Visualization Dashboard was developed to make statistics on the top cancers in Florida more accessible…

FCDS is pleased to announce our most recent FCDS new hires…

The Florida Cancer Data System is requesting at this time that Radiation Treatment facilities identify and report the cancer cases that we diagnosed….

FCDS is offering four educational webinars for Florida Cancer registrars and cancer case abstractors.

In mid-May 2024, FCDS will notify Facility Administrators and Registrars of those facilities that have reported less than 75% of their total annual caseload for reporting year 2023…

Optic pathway gliomas can arise anywhere along the length of the optic nerve, through the optic chiasm and hypothalamus, and that is the reason they….

FCDS requires reporting historical cancers even when the patient has no evidence the historical cancer…

The ICD-0-3 Implementation Guidelines for cases diagnosed on for after January 1, 2024 have been posted on the NAACCR and FCDS websites.

FCDS is currently hiring for three, remote employment positions: two Sr. Central Cancer Registry Specialists and one Central Cancer Registry Specialist.

The latest FCDS v23 Edits Metafile dated 11/28/2023 has been added to the FCDS website under Downloads.

As we head into 2024, FCDS is pleased to announce several promotions and new hires.

NAACCR Oncology Data Specialist (ODS) Exam Preparation and Review Webinar Series March 2024 Registration with FDCS is now open!

The most recent ICD-10-CM Casefinding List for Reportable Tumors is now available for patients Oct 1, 2023 and later.

The NAACCR VERSION 23 standards will affect data collection in Florida starting with cases diagnosed in 2023 forward. Please be sure to read the 2023 FCDS DAM to familiarize yourself with the new requirements.

What is the diagnosis date for cases using RADS? Are these imaging studies enough for us to call it cancer? Learn more.

Effective September 1, 2023, FCDS will begin sending facility registrars and administrators email reminders regarding this important Quality Control process. See a sample of the data that will be included in the email.

FCDS has been working diligently to remind registrars to document the Phase I Treatment Modality (source of radiation) in the Treatment Text for Radiation for a number of years – even before the new radiation modality codes were introduced along with coding of 3 phases of radiation therapy at CoC Accredited Cancer Programs.