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Staging Systems: Unit Review and Quiz
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Unit Review
Here is what we have learned from this unit:
- There are two staging classifications developed by SEER:
extent of disease and summary stage. Extent of disease (EOD)
coding is required for all SEER programs funded through
the National Cancer Institute.
- Summary staging is the most basic staging system and it
is based on the theory of cancer growth, which uses all
information available in the medical record, clinical, and
pathological.
- The EOD coding scheme consists of a ten-digit code. It
incorporates three digits for the size and/or involvement
of the primary tumor, two for the extension of the tumor,
and one more as a general code for lymph node involvement.
Four more digits are used after these six: two for the number
of pathologically positive regional lymph nodes and two
more for the number of regional lymph nodes that are pathologically
examined.
- The AJCC staging scheme is based on the evaluation of
the T, N, and M components and the assignment of a stage
grouping.
- FIGO is a gynecologic staging scheme based on clinical
staging and careful clinical examination before any definitive
therapy has begun.
- Duke's staging (generic term) is a pathological staging
based on resection of the tumor and measures the depth of
invasion through the mucosa and bowel wall, and it is used
for colon and rectum.
- Two classification schemes are often used for melanoma:
Breslow's microstaging and Clark's Level of Invasion.
Quiz
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opportunity to reinforce what you have learned.
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than an objective evaluation of learning results, the score
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