Archived News: Announcements and Changes The following announcements provide a historical record of communications disseminated related to the Collaborative Staging System and previous releases. Collaborative Stage Version 02.03.02 Release Announcement The Collaborative Stage Version 2 Work Group announces the release of Collaborative Stage version 02.03.02. Timeline for Implementation CSv2 version 02.03.02 must be used to code all cases diagnosed on or after January 1, 2011. Once version 02.03.02 is implemented in a registry, it should be used to code all newly abstracted cases diagnosed from 2004 forward. (2004 was the first year for which Collaborative Stage was collected.) Therefore, the item CS Version Input Original [NAACCR item number 2935] must be 020302 or greater for cases diagnosed in 2011 or abstracted using version 02.03.02. Once version 02.03.02 is implemented in a registry, and existing CS data have been converted according to specifications provided, all cases with CS data coded in prior versions should have all output stage fields re-derived using the algorithm of the new version 02.03.02. Therefore, all cases with CS data will be expected to have CS Version Derived [NAACCR item number 2936] of 020302 after implementation and conversion. Contents of Release The fourth production release of the Collaborative Stage Data Collection System is now available. CSv2 version 02.03.02 includes updates to the schemas resulting from the table proofreading and validation project. The last two digits of the version number are 02 because numbers 00 and 01 have been designated for use to mark cases undergoing conversion to version 02.03.02. Instructions for applying the version numbers 020300 and 020301 are provided in the conversion documentation portion of the release materials. This release contains the following changes: MyelomaPlasmaCellDisorder: A new schema for Multiple Myeloma and Plasma Cell Disorders has been added to the CS schemas. These cases were formerly part of the HemeRetic schema. Updates to Schemas: The CSv2 schemas have undergone an extensive proofreading and validation process. This has resulted in a number of changes throughout the system. These changes have provided a more consistent and standardized methodology of presenting the schema tables. The scope of work for this validation process included:
Site-Specific Factors: Site-specific factors have been added or modified for the following schemas:
Schema Discriminator (SSF 25): When a schema discriminator is required to identify the proper schema, the DLL will require a valid SSF25 value. For those schemas that previously accepted blanks as a valid SSF25 value, these schemas will no longer accept blanks and will now require the new codes of 981 or 982. Schema Discriminator (SSF 25) and EDITS: If site and histology define the schema, the DLL does not check the value of SSF 25 for consistency, such as checking SSF 25 versus the site code. Only if the SSF 25 code is invalid will the DLL report it as an error for SSF 25. There will be an edit provided within EDITS to check for the consistency of SSF 25 with site and histology. Implementing Version 02.03.02 If you have not yet implemented CS version 02.00.01 (released in 01/10), 02.01.00 (released in 2/10), or 02.02.00 (released 4/10) you must do so before implementing this new release. All conversion specifications and implementation instructions published for the initial version 2 releases must be followed prior to conversion to version 02.03.02. CDC has provided Northcon12 and a DLL that will perform the conversions and derivations from CS version 02.0x to CS version 02.03. Obtaining Release Materials All programming and documentation files for this release are available for download from the CS Web page of the American Joint Committee on Cancer's (AJCC) website at http://cancerstaging.org/cstage/index.html. This includes the conversion specifications and release notes. For More Information Vendor and general questions regarding the CS release can be submitted to CSv2@facs.org. All medical, abstracting, coding, and staging questions should be submitted to the CAnswer Forum at http://cancerbulletin.facs.org/forums/. SEER Abstract Addendum Generator for 2011 Cases Abstracted under Collaborative Stage version 0203 (CS v0203) released March 1, 2011 03/25/2008 - New Collaborative Staging “software only” released, Version 01.04.01 There are NO changes to the CS Manual 01.04.00, Part I or Part II, the printed version or the downloaded PDF version 3/25/2008 - Announcement of Version 01.04.01 Release (25K PDF) This email was distributed via the CoC, NAACCR, and NCRA list serves on March 25, 2008 describing the implementation of Collaborative Staging Version 01.04.01”software only” and required actions. These new files are relevant for vendors only and not for cancer registrars. There are no changes to the printed CS Manual 01.04.00 or its PDF counterpart, codes or text. The following documents are referenced in the announcement:
10/31/2007 - CS Coding in the Neoadjuvant Setting, Version 01.04.00 With the increasing use of neoadjuvant treatment modalities in various types of cancer diagnosis, the Collaborative Staging Task Force has been challenged with meeting the needs of the registrar in properly coding the presentation of disease upon diagnosis of the patient. The clinical presentation is extremely important in this setting. In order to allow for the best clinical stage in the neoadjuvant setting, there have been some enhancements to specific schemas in which this occurs most often. The schemas enhanced are colon, rectum, breast and stomach. There is an addition of SSF 2 for both colon and rectum schemas and a new SSF 1 for the stomach schema to address the collection of clinical regional lymph node information. In the breast schema, the collaborative stage lymph node table has been updated to allow for the collection of clinical regional lymph node information. We are hopeful that the capture of clinical information in the neoadjuvant setting will further assist those utilizing the data collected within the cancer registry. We are also hopeful that we have empowered and enabled the registrar to record the best and most accurate data during the abstracting process. 10/31/2007 - New Collaborative Staging released, Version 01.04.00
10/31/2007 - Announcement of Version 01.04.00 Release (30K PDF) This email was distributed via the CoC, NAACCR, and NCRA list serves on October 31, 2007 describing the implementation of Collaborative Staging Version 01.04.00 and required actions. The following documents are referenced in the announcement:
09/08/2006 - New Collaborative Staging Manual released, Version 01.03.00
04/26/2006 - Default and unknown values for CS items (80K XLS Excel format) 10/04/2005 - Updated CS Manual Part I replacement pages now available. 08/19/2005 - Updated melanoma replacement pages now available. This corrects a couple pages in the melanoma scheme that were revised for 01.02 but the 01.01 revisions were accidentally not included. 07/14/2005 - Updated vendor material for implementation of Collaborative Staging (CS) Version 01.02.00. Program now available that will convert cases that are in CS Version 01.02.00. 05/31/2005 - CS Release 01.02.00: CoC Review and Recode Specifications for Approved Programs and the Software Providers that Serve Them Registrars, software providers, and others identified several problems in the initial release of the CS manual and computer algorithm that are addressed in CS Release 01.02.00. Because the changes affect the integrity of CS staging information already collected, some correction of data already collected is necessary. The specifications that follow are based on documents posted at on this web site. The purpose of this document is to clarify which of the changes are required for registries associated with CoC-approved programs. 05/25/2005 - Collaborative Staging Replacement Pages for Version 01.02.00 Replacement pages for the Collaborative Staging Manual and Coding Instructions for CS Version 01.02.00 are now available in .pdf files for downloading. Electronic HTML and XML versions of the changed tables are also available. 05/03/2005 - Detailed vendor material available for implementation of Collaborative Staging (CS) Version 01.02.00. 04/25/2005 - Collaborative Staging (CS) Version 01.02.00 has been released as a result of inquiries and issues identified by the cancer registry user community since the August 2004 release of Version 01.01.00. 04/20/2005 - Updated Melanoma and Nasopharynx; refreshed XML and HTML zips; reloaded DLL 08/30/2004 - Replacement pages for the Errata of the CS Manual, Part 2 have been added. 08/11/2004 - The new cstage.dll, version 01.01.00 is now available. The new version is a result of editorial and programming changes to certain primary sites and to the CS computer algorithm The updated CS software documents are available on this site in the Software section and instructions for accessing errata documents for the CS Coding Manual Part II can be found in the Manuals section. 06/30/2004 - Fixed bug in Breast schema which produced incorrect N-value when SSF3 was 095, 097, 098, or 099 (for some values of CS Lymph Nodes). New version is 010005. 05/24/2004 - Fixed CStage_get_table_footnote() function in version 010003. It was getting notes instead of footnotes. 05/14/2004 - Added corrections to Melanoma schema. Fixed program bug that could crash program when invalid histology is entered. New cstagedll is version 010103. 04/14/2004 - Fixed crashing problem in calculation for Prostate schema when SSF3 is missing. New cstagedll is version 010002. 04/02/2004 - Created new cstagedll, version 010001 03/22/2004 - Updated XML individual files, HTML files, csxml.zip, cshtml.zip with numerous changes from March 17 and March 18 uploads. Added missing U-U-U-U line to Summary Stage table. Around two-thirds of the schemas have been changed. DLL has not been updated yet. 01/28/2004 - CS Test Files have been refreshed with the new 1.0.0 version. Four data files provided as test files of input and output from the CS algorithm Program cstage.dll. These are zipped into one file. Sample01272004.zip. Valid and Invalid values have been added to cancerstaging.org. There are two separate spreadsheets All.Valid.xls, All.Invalid.xls Refreshed csxml.zip, cshtml.zip, and cstagedll.zip (to version 01.00.00). Visual basic DLL is also updated with final new functions. Added new function CStage_get_display_code( ) to CS API. New version of DLL is 01.00.00. csdllvb.zip is also updated. 01/21/2004 - Added four functions to application program interface to allow retrieval of notes and footnotes from DLL. New version of DLL is 00.09.37. Re -compiled DLL's for C and Visual Basic. Updated Visual Basic Addendum to the CS API documentation (packaged in the zip file with csdllvb.dll).
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