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Cancer treatment—non-surgical cancer treatment start date, DDMMYYYY

This item has been retired and is not recommended for use by any registration authority.

Definition

The start date of the initial course of non-surgical treatment for cancer.

Components

Data Element (this item)
Cancer treatment—non-surgical cancer treatment start date, DDMMYYYY

Representation

This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Date DDMMYYYY ".
Data Type Date/Time
Format DDMMYYYY
Maximum character length 8

Comments

Guide for use:

The start date of the treatment is recorded regardless of whether treatment is completed as intended or not. Treatment subsequent to a recurrence will not be recorded.

Collected for radiation therapy and systemic therapy.

Date of surgical treatment is collected as a separate item.

Origin:

Commission on Cancer, Standards of the Commission on Cancer Registry Operations and Data Standards (ROADS) Volume II (1998).

References


This content Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Attribution provided as required under the AIHW CC-BY licence.

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