okay need help & explanation of cancer abbrevs. pls. sm
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Subject: okay need help & explanation of cancer abbrevs. pls. sm
I rarely have to type cancer info, and when I do I do remember to subscript certain numbers....but I am running into them more often and I want to understand and know what I am typing instead of just assuming it looks right. Can you please type the below findings correctly for me to have as a reference...and also if anyone has a link or can copy and past definitions for each category so I know what I'm talking about that would be awesome. Thanks!
history of urothelial bladder cancer stage PT 4a N0 Mx for which he underwent a radical cystectomy and prostatectomy in June of 2006. At that time he was also found to incidentally have a PT 2a N0 Mx prostate cancer Gleasons 3+3
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