Add Staging Detail
You can add additional staging details for these cancer types:
Breast Cancer
Lymphoma
Prostate Cancer
Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Testicular Cancer
Small Cell Lung Cancer
Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
Access the
Onc Treatment Summary
template and scroll to the
Staging
panel.
Click
Add
under the
Staging
grid.
The
Cancer Details
template appears.
Note:
All three
Add
buttons in the
Staging
panel open the
Cancer Details
template.
Expand the
Staging Detail
panel.
Go to the section on the panel for the specific cancer type and complete the fields for which you have data.
Optionally, click the
Comments
field and enter additional notations regarding the patient or patient's condition.
Click
Save & Close
.
You are returned to the
Onc Treatment Summary
template. A new record for the entered data appears in the
Staging Details
grid.
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