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Cancer treatment—radiotherapy target site, code N[N]

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Definition

The target site of radiotherapy administered during the initial course of treatment for cancer, as represented by a code.

Components

Data Element (this item)
Cancer treatment—radiotherapy target site, code N[N]

Representation

This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Radiotherapy target site code N[N] ".
Data Type Number
Format N[N]
Maximum character length 2
Values
Value Meaning Start Date End Date
Permissible Values 1 Primary site only
2 Regional nodes only
3 Distant metastases only
4 Primary site and regional nodes
5 Primary site and distant metastases
6 Primary site, regional nodes and distant metastases
7 Regional nodes and distant metastases
Supplementary Values 97 Not applicable-radiotherapy was not administered
98 Unknown whether radiotherapy was administered
99 Radiotherapy was administered but the site not stated/inadequately described

Comments

Guide for use:

The target site is collected for all courses of radiotherapy administered to the patient during the initial course of treatment. The initial course of treatment includes all treatments administered to the patient from diagnosis and before disease progression or recurrence.

The target site for radiotherapy is recorded regardless of whether the course of treatment is completed as intended, the intent or timing of the radiotherapy, and the radiation therapy treatment modality.

Record the value representing all the sites targeted for radiotherapy during the initial course of treatment. There may be more than one site targeted for treatment. For example, the primary tumour site and the site of a distant metastasis may receive radiotherapy as part of the initial course of treatment. In this case code "5" would be recorded.

The target site for surgery is collected as a separate data item.

Comments:
This is collected to identify which sites are targeted by radiotherapy and is useful in evaluating patterns of care and patient outcomes.

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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