Definition
The date on which a cancer-directed surgical procedure was performed during the course of treatment for cancer, expressed as DDMMYYYY.
Components
Data Element (this item)
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Data Element ConceptCancer treatment—surgical procedure date
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Object ClassCancer treatment
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PropertySurgical procedure date
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Value DomainDate 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 |
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| Format | DDMMYYYY |
| Maximum character length | 8 |
Comments
Guide for use:
The surgical procedure date is collected for all cancer-directed surgery delivered to the patient during treatment for cancer.
Cancer-directed surgery refers to all surgery that destroys or modifies cancer tissue anywhere in the body.
Cancer-directed surgery may be palliative (to control symptoms, alleviate pain, or make the patient more comfortable), or curative.
The date of each surgical treatment episode should be entered separately.
Procedure dates for biopsies that remove all of the tumour and/or leave only microscopic margins are to be recorded here.
Dates for radiotherapy and systemic treatments are collected as separate items.Origin:
Commission on Cancer, American College of Surgeons
Comments:
Collecting the start and finish dates for treatment modalities will enable an estimate of treatment duration.
References
American College of Surgeons 1998. Standards of the Commission on Cancer: Registry Operations and Data Standards (ROADS), Volume II. Commission on Cancer
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