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stage or grade - gabby

Posted: May 18, 2010

Anyone have a secret way of remembering when to use roman numerals or numbers for stage and grade?

If you are on a stage in Rome, do as the romans do and use their numerals - alfredo

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alfredo - gabby

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that is great! Thank you!

Per BOS, the majority are numbers, but with - sm

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cancer stages are in roman numerals, and we have been told to use roman numerals for stages of wounds. Grades are always numbers.

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