SEER released an update to the desktop version of Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Neoplasm Case Reportability and Coding Manual version 1.6.2 today.  If you are a working cancer registrar or cancer registry student and have not already downloaded this update you may want to consider doing so right away.

This online manual contains the instructions and data collection rules for hematopoietic and lymphoid neoplasms that went into effect on January 1, 2010.  Remember the older version we dubbed “the red book.”  This online database replaces the “red book” and contains more information, including the MP/H rules. 

When you download and install, don’t forget to sign up for email updates so that as new versions are released you are notified right away so you keep your references up-to-date.  This is an incredibly valuable resource that every cancer registrar must have!

TELL US YOUR STORY … how have you used, or how has the SEER hematopoietic online database helped you?  Scroll down and post a short comment and help another cancer registrar today.

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