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Definition
The type of treatment administered during the initial course of treatment for cancer, as represented by a code.
Components
Data Element (this item)
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Data Element ConceptCancer treatment—cancer treatment type
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Object ClassCancer treatment
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PropertyCancer treatment type
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Value DomainCancer treatment type code N[N]
Representation
This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Cancer treatment type code N[N] ".| Data Type | Number |
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| Format | N[N] |
| Maximum character length | 2 |
| Value | Meaning | Start Date | End Date | |
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| Permissible Values | 1 | Surgery only | ||
| 2 | Radiotherapy only | |||
| 3 | Systemic agent therapy only | |||
| 4 | Surgery and radiotherapy | |||
| 5 | Surgery and systemic agent therapy | |||
| 6 | Radiotherapy and systemic agent therapy | |||
| 7 | Surgery, radiotherapy and systemic agent therapy | |||
| Supplementary Values | 97 | Not applicable—treatment was not administered | ||
| 98 | Unknown whether treatment was administered | |||
| 99 | Treatment was administered but the type was not stated/inadequately described |
Comments
Guide for use:
All treatments administered to the patient during the initial course of cancer treatment should be recorded. The initial course of treatment includes all treatments administered to the patient from diagnosis and before disease progression or recurrence.
When the patient has received treatment for cancer and codes 1 to 7 are recorded, the relevant treatment information for each treatment modality should also be collected.
Cancer-directed treatments administered to the patient during the initial course of treatment that cannot be characterised as surgery, radiotherapy or systemic therapy according to the definitions in this data set specification, are recorded separately in the data element Cancer treatment—other cancer treatment, text [X(150)].Origin:Commission on Cancer, American College of Surgeons
New South Wales Health DepartmentComments:The collection of specific treatment information is useful to evaluate patterns of care, the effectiveness of different treatment modalities, and treatment by patient outcome.
References
American College of Surgeons 1998. Standards of the Commission on Cancer: Registry Operations and Data Standards (ROADS), Volume II. Commission on Cancer
Public Health Division 2001. NSW Clinical Cancer Data Collection for Outcomes and Quality. Data Dictionary Version 1. Sydney: NSW Health DepartmentThis content Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Attribution provided as required under the AIHW CC-BY licence.