Registry Operations and Data Standards (ROADS) Documents for Historical Reference

The following documents were used to code registry data from 1996 through 2002. They are provided for assistance in interpreting published data using ROADS codes, for interpreting historic codes maintained in registry data, and for use by analysts working with data originally coded according to ROADS and since converted to FORDS form.

ROADS 1996 (applied 1996 and 1997) (1000K PDF)

ROADS 1998 (applied 1998 through 2002, except for the following updates) (1300K PDF)

Update Pages (dated August 2000) (60K PDF)

• Screening or Biopsy Procedures
• Date of First Course Treatment
• Date of Diagnostic, Staging or Palliative Procedures
• Diagnostic, Staging or Palliative Procedures
• Diagnostic, Staging or Palliative Procedures at This Facility
• Date of Surgery
• Surgical Approach
• Surgery of Primary Site
• Surgery at This Facility
• Surgical Margins
• Scope of Regional Lymph Node Surgery
• Number of Regional Lymph Nodes Removed
• Surgery of Other Regional Site(s), Distant Site(s) or Distant Lymph Node(s)
• Reconstruction/Restoration - First Course
• Reason for No Surgery

Update Pages for Appendix D, Site-specific Surgery Codes (dated August 2000) (20K PDF)

Parotid and Other Unspecified Glands

Pharynx

Spleen and Lymph Nodes

Skin

Brain and Other Parts of Central Nervous System

All Other Sites

Type of First Recurrence (dated October 2000) (10K PDF)

Other Type of First Recurrence (dated October 2000) (10K PDF)

Race 1-5 (dated January 2001, for implementation with 2000 diagnoses) (25K PDF)

Tumor Size (dated January 2002, for implementation with 2002 diagnoses) (90K PDF)

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Online April 30, 2004

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