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Unit One: Introduction to Staging a Cancer Case

1. Staging Defined
2. Purpose of Staging
3. The Disease Process of Cancer
4. Unit Review and Quiz

Unit Two: Staging Sources

1. Physical Exam
2. Radiologic Procedures
   
   
   • X-rays
   • Scans
   • Endoscopy
     
     
3. Tumor Markers
4. Pathologic Exams
5. Surgical Reports
6. Progress Notes and Discharge Summaries
7. Unit Review and Quiz

Unit Three: Staging Systems

1. Introduction
2. Summary Staging
   
   
• In Situ
• Localized
• Regionalized
• Distant
• Unknown
  
  
3. SEER Extent of Disease (EOD) Coding
4. American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) Staging System
   
   
• Tumor Size & Categories
• Lymph Node Involvement
• Distant Spread
• General Guidelines for TNM Staging
  
  
5. Other Common Staging Schemes
   
   
   • Duke's Staging
   • Jewett Staging
   • Prostate Staging
   • Melanoma Staging
   • Pediatric Staging
   • Lymphoma Staging

Unit Four: Time Frames

Unit Five: Common Concerns