Self Instructional Manual for Cancer Registrars - SEER - National ...

Example E5 can be abstracted
as follows:
1/13/91. Mammogram (R) breast: In UOQ of breast an area of increased opacification; two
opacities in (R) axilla suggesting lymph nodes. IMP: Possible UOQ carcinoma.
Suggest repeat mammogram.
Comment:
(R) means right; UOQ means upper outer quadrant.
THERMOGRAPHY:
Thermography is a technique for detecting cancer by differentiating regions of hot and cold in the
body. The surface temperature (its infrared 1 radiation) is photographically recorded. The
thermogram is a mosaic of many thousands of bits of temperature information displayed
photographically in shades of gray. The lighter tones indicate hot spots (increased emission of
heat); the darker tones indicate cool areas. Since cancer cells usually divide more rapidly than
normal cells, they often give off more heat than the normal cells surrounding them. It will be
reported on a thermographic report, an example of which is shown on the next page. Abstract
what you think is pertinent in Example E6 and then compare with the suggested abstraction on
page 57.
1infrared--Denoting thermal radiation of wave length greater than that of the red end of the spectrum (the
recorded band of wave lengths of electromagnetic vibrations of visible light).
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