CA classifications
Posted By: MQMT on 2005-09-21
In Reply to: CA stuff - Dee
Subject: CA classifications
Here's a link to staging lung cancer, but I believe the terminology/abbreviations are the same. http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_3X_How_is_lung_cancer_staged_26.asp?sitearea=
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You just have to check, Some classifications
Subject: You just have to check, Some classifications
use arabic, some Roman. Grades are usually arabic.
Does this look correct for cancer classifications?
Subject: Does this look correct for cancer classifications?
Stage I breast cancer (T1B, sentinel N0, M0, ER positive, PR negative, grade 2, HER2/neu negative).
The doctor wants it in parentheses. Oncology is new to me, so THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND HELP! 
Per AAMT BOS2 cancer classifications...
Subject: Per AAMT BOS2 cancer classifications...
stage and grade
Lowercase stage and grade.
Use roman numerals for cancer stages. For subdivisions of cancer stages, add capital letters on the line and arabic suffixes, without internal spaces or hyphens.
stage 0 (indicates carcinoma in situ)
stage I, stage IA
stage II, stage II3
stage III
stage IV, stage IVB
Use arabic numerals for grades.
grade 1
grade 2
grade 3
grade 4
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