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Accession number

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Definition

A unique number assigned to the patient by the hospital registrar that indicates the year in which the patient was first seen at the reporting institution and the sequential order in which the patient was identified by the registry or abstracted into the registry database.

It is used for all additional primaries the patient may develop, regardless of the year in which subsequent reportable tumors occur.

Resource

Title: Cancer Registry Management Principles & Practices for Hospitals and Central Registries
Subtitle: Glossary
Edition: 4th
Year: 2021

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