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Patient—diagnosis date of cancer, DDMMYYYY

Definition

The date on which the patient was first diagnosed with cancer (whether at its primary site or as a metastasis), expressed as DDMMYYYY.

Components

Data Element (this item)
Patient—diagnosis date 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:

Date of diagnosis must be:

  • Greater than or equal to date of birth
  • Less than or equal to date of death

Diagnosis of cancer after death:

If the patient is first diagnosed with the cancer in an autopsy report the date of diagnosis is the date of death as stated on the patient's death certificate.

Incidental diagnosis of cancer:

If a patient is admitted for another condition (for example a broken leg or pregnancy), and a cancer is diagnosed incidentally then the date of diagnosis is the date the cancer was diagnostically determined, not the admission date.

Origin:

International Agency for Research on Cancer

World Health Organization

International Association of Cancer Registries

Comments:
Patient administration system, cancer notification system, population cancer statistics, research.

References

Modified from the definition presented by the New South Wales Inpatient Statistics Collection Manual 2000/2001
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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Input in Derivations 0
Output in Derivations 0
Inclusion in Data Set Specifications 3
Inclusion in Data Distributions 0
As a numerator in an Indicator 3
As a denominator in an Indicator 1
As a disaggregation in an Indicator 1