Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Cancer staging—M stage code |
METEOR identifier: | 403720 |
Registration status: | Health!, Standard 07/12/2011 |
Definition: | The absence or presence of distant metastasis in a person with cancer, as represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept: | Person with cancer—distant metastasis status |
Value Domain: | M stage (UICC TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours, 7th ed) code X[XX] |
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Representational attributes | ||
Classification scheme: | International Union against Cancer (UICC) TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours 7th edition | |
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Representation class: | Code | |
Data type: | String | |
Format: | X[XX] | |
Maximum character length: | 3 | |
Value | Meaning | |
Supplementary values: | 997 | Not applicable |
998 | Unknown | |
999 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | Record the absence or presence of distant metastasis at the time of diagnosis of the cancer. TNM staging applies to solid tumours excluding brain tumours. Choose the lower (less advanced) M category when there is any uncertainty. The current edition of the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual provides an equivalent and alternative source of M stage codes. Staging classification systems other than the TNM classification system are recorded separately. |
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Collection methods: | This information should be obtained from the patient's medical record. |
Comments: | Cancer stage is an important determinant of treatment and prognosis, and is used to evaluate new treatments and analyse outcomes. Survival analysis is adjusted by stage at diagnosis and distribution of cancer cases by type and stage. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Cancer Australia |
Origin: | International Union Against Cancer (UICC) Commission on Cancer, American College of Surgeons |
Reference documents: | Sobin LH, Gospodarowicz MK, Wittekind C (Editors) 2009. International Union Against Cancer (UICC): TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours, 7th edition. Wiley-Blackwell American Joint Committee on Cancer 2010. AJCC Cancer Staging Manual, 7th edition. New York: Springer American College of Surgeons 2002. Facility Oncology Registry Data Standards (FORDS), 2009 revision. Commission on Cancer |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Person with cancer—distant metastasis status, M stage (UICC TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours, 6th edn) code XX Health!, Superseded 07/12/2011 See also Cancer staging—staging basis of cancer, code A Health!, Standard 07/12/2011 See also Cancer staging—staging basis of cancer, code A Health!, Superseded 07/12/2011 See also Person with cancer—extent of primary cancer, TNM stage (UICC TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours, 7th ed) code X[XX] Health!, Superseded 16/01/2020 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Breast cancer (cancer registries) NBPDS Health!, Standard 01/09/2012 Cancer (clinical) DSS Health!, Superseded 08/05/2014 Cancer (clinical) DSS Health!, Superseded 14/05/2015 Cancer (clinical) NBPDS Health!, Standard 14/05/2015 |