Online Education Center for Cancer Programs: Promoting Quality Care

Lymphoma Staging: What Registrars Need to Know

(1 CE unit)
Presented by April Fritz, RHIT, CTR

Course Overview

This presentation will discuss the revisions to lymphoma staging as presented in the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual, Sixth Edition. It will discuss the historic development of the staging system, guidelines for assigning the Stage Group of lymphoid neoplasms, and the use of the many suffixes in the staging system. Understanding these staging criteria are helpful when performing studies and analyzing data.

Learning Objectives

At the completion of this course, a viewer will:

Understand the historic classification systems and the information on which they were based
Recognize the difference between lymph node core regions and lymph node chains
Understand the various suffixes available in the staging system and how to use them

Intended Audience

This program is intended for cancer registrars or those individuals interested in gaining a better understanding of the AJCC lymphoid neoplasm staging system, and those using these data elements for quality and outcome studies.

Online Education Center for Cancer Programs