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The Cancer Registry CASEbook:

Coding, Abstracting, Staging and Exercises

Volume I – Introductions and Major Sites

 

Note:  Volume I of the CASEbooks is sold out and probably won't
be available until this fall when Volume II is published.

 

CASEbook  cover

Contents             

Introduction to ICD-O-3       
How Cancer Spreads and Introduction to Staging
Summary Staging Principles
TNM Principles
Collaborative Staging Principles

Primaries and Histology Coding Rules Overview
Site-specific chapters for
           Colon
           Lung
           Breast
           Prostate
           Bladder
 

 

The CASEbook is a new tool for registrars that consolidates coding and abstracting guidelines from many different sources into a single reference.  As April explains in the foreword to the CASEbook:

This book originally came about because my desk was too small.  After layering my Collaborative Staging Manual
       on my Multiple Primary and Histology Coding Rules
              on my site-specific coding guidelines
                     on my SEER Summary Staging book
                            on my ICD-O book
                                   on my TNM Staging Manual
                                          on my FORDS Manual
                                                 and then needing my CS Manual again,
I began to wish that someone would compile all the important abstracting information into one reference.

The CASEbook contains comprehensive, illustrated, site-specific information and practica for beginner and intermediate level cancer registrars. I f you haven’t figured it out, CASEbook stands for Coding, Abstracting, Staging, and Exercises, and there are lots of exercises in the book.

 

Each site-specific chapter contains information and coding guidelines on:
(click on links to see actual pages from the CASEbook)

 

Click here to purchase a CASEbook
1-9 copies - $60 each        10-24 copies - $55 each       25+ copies - $50 each


Coming in 2008....Volume II of the  CASEbook

  •   Head and Neck primaries

  •   Lymphomas and Hematopoietic Diseases

  •   Central Nervous System

  •   Female Genital Organs

  •   and more!