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Cancer staging - MT1044

Posted: May 21, 2014

I have a doctor dictating a cancer stage for colon cancer, this is what she dictated. I am sure this is not typed right. Could someone help me out with this? Stage IIc PT4 BPN0PMX.

I would type it - like this

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Stage IIC (pT4b pN0 pMX)

rationale - MT1044

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Can you explain the rationale behind typing it like that? I think it looks right but if I knew why, maybe it would help me remember.

Brief explanation and links :) - sadie

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Dictated: Stage IIc PT4 BPN0PMX

Transcribed: Stage IIC (pT4b pN0 pMX)

* The cancer is a stage IIC cancer - The letter after the Roman numerals is always capitalized.

* The staging is pathologic staging as per the letter 'p' (as opposed to clinical staging, which would be indicated by a 'c'

* The TNM staging indicates info with regard to the tumor (T), the nodes (N), and whether or not there is metastatic disease (M).

* pT4b pN0 pMX = Pathologic staging, tumor is quite large (1, 2, 3, or 4), the nearby lymph nodes contain no cancer (N0, 1, 2, etc), and there has been no metastatic disease determined.

what I do with the cancer staging is - sm

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google just the pt4b pno pmx and it usually spits out the type of cancer with the staging so you pretty much know it is correct if it matches the type of cancer they dictated...I hope, havent gotten any flack for it yet..

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