Abstracting Principles and Methodologies for Oncology

Catalog description

Covers the components and organization of a cancer patient health record. This course provides both general and specific instructions for abstracting pertinent information from: the patient record; and source documents using sample operative and pathologic reports. Instruction includes details on what should be recorded and how to record cancer information on the cancer registry abstract, study of the structure and content of source documents from the record, as well as abstracting principles and practices using patient health records. Normal methods and procedures used to diagnose cancer also discussed.