Evaluation of suspected malignancies: Difference between revisions
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{{CAP}} | {{CAP}} If there is no CAP synoptic available for the cancer type at hand, attempt to find one in the latest AJCC Cancer Staging Manual (see the [[Secrets]] article), but make sure to use pathologic staging (with a p preceding the T, N or M) rather than clinical staging. | ||
If a surgery produces a specimen with cancer, as well as re-excisions from certain directions, you should preferably give the closest distance to margins in each specimen, as well as the closest distance overall in a synoptic, for example: | If a surgery produces a specimen with cancer, as well as re-excisions from certain directions, you should preferably give the closest distance to margins in each specimen, as well as the closest distance overall in a synoptic, for example: | ||
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