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Patient—diagnosis date (first recurrence of cancer), DDMMYYYY

Definition

The date a medical practitioner confirms the diagnosis of a recurrent or metastatic cancer of the same histology.

Components

Data Element (this item)
Patient—diagnosis date (first recurrence of cancer), 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 term `recurrence' defines the return, reappearance or metastasis of cancer (of the same histology) after a disease free period.

Origin:
Commission on Cancer, American College of Surgeons

Comments:

This item is collected for determining the time interval from diagnosis to recurrence, from treatment to recurrence and from recurrence to death.

References

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


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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