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

Example E7 can be abstracted as follows:
7/15/91. Chest x-ray: Negative for cancer
Esophagram: Lesion of the upper 1/3 of the esophagus just below the
supraclavieular notch. Probably a neoplastic process.
Comments:
The following should be noted:
a. The date is recorded.
b. Two different examinations are reported:
1. Chest x-ray
2. Esophagram
e. Each set of findings should be associated with the appropriate examination procedure.
d. When x-raying the upper gastrointestinal tract, barium salts are swallowed to make the GI
tract lining opaque.
e. The senile fibrotic reaction of the lungs seems unrelated to cancer and need not be
reported.
PRACTICAL
EXERCISES
Following are three sample x-ray reports (Examples ES-E10). Abstract what you think is pertinent
and then compare with the suggested abstractions on page 69.
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