Person with cancer—number of positive sentinel lymph nodes, total code N[NN]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type:![]() | Data Element |
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Short name:![]() | Number of positive sentinel lymph nodes |
METEOR identifier:![]() | 370549 |
Registration status:![]() | Health!, Standard 06/03/2009 |
Definition:![]() | The total number of sentinel lymph nodes reported as containing tumour after examination by a pathologist. |
Data Element Concept:![]() | Person with cancer—number of positive sentinel lymph nodes |
Value Domain:![]() | Total lymph nodes code N[NN] |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class:![]() | Total | |
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Data type:![]() | Number | |
Format:![]() | N[NN] | |
Maximum character length:![]() | 3 | |
Value | Meaning | |
Supplementary values:![]() | 997 | Number of lymph nodes unknown |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Collection methods:![]() | For cancer registries: Collection of this data item should only be from notification and pathology reports relating to initial diagnosis and not for recurrent or metastatic disease. |
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Comments:![]() | Sentinel lymph nodes are the first nodes that filter fluid draining away from the area of cancer. The number of lymph nodes with metastasis is important for cancer staging |
Source and reference attributes | |
Origin:![]() | National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre (NBOCC) Australasian Association of Cancer Registries (AACR) Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) |
Reference documents:![]() | Johnson CH, Adamo M (eds.), SEER Program Coding and Staging Manual 2007. National Cancer Institute, NIH Publication number 07-5581, Bethesda, MD 2007. |
Relational attributes | |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:![]() | Breast cancer (Cancer registries) DSS Health!, Superseded 01/09/2012 Breast cancer (cancer registries) NBPDS Health!, Standard 01/09/2012 |
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