California Cancer Reporting System Standards Volume I: Abstracting and Coding Procedures
Enter findings from operative procedures performed during the diagnosis or treatment of the cancer.
Record dates and names of the operative procedures
Use standard medical abbreviations when possible to save space. See Appendices M.1 and M.2 for common acceptable abbreviations
Record pertinent positive and negative results of diagnostic surgical procedures, such as biopsies, dilation and curettage (D & C), and laparotomy, as well as definitive surgery entered under treatment, See Sections VI.2.1 through VI.2.9. Important information to include is:
A description of the primary tumor and whether or not multi-focal
Location of the primary tumor
Tumor Size
Extent to which the tumor has spread
Involvement or non-involvement of lymph nodes
Enter "none" if no operations were performed