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Person with cancer—number of positive regional lymph nodes, total N[N]

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Definition

The total number of regional lymph nodes examined by a pathologist and reported as containing tumour.

Components

Data Element (this item)
Person with cancer—number of positive regional lymph nodes, total N[N]

Comments

Origin:

Australian Cancer Network

Commission on Cancer American College of Surgeons

References

Australian Cancer Network The pathology reporting of breast cancer. A guide for pathologists, surgeons and radiologists Second Edition Sydney (2001)

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


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