Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Date of diagnosis of cancer |
METEOR identifier: | 416129 |
Registration status: | Health!, Standard 07/12/2011 |
Definition: | The date on which the patient was first diagnosed with cancer (whether at its primary site or as a metastasis), expressed as DDMMYYYY. |
Data Element Concept: | Patient—diagnosis date of cancer |
Value Domain: | Date DDMMYYYY |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Date | |
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Data type: | Date/Time | |
Format: | DDMMYYYY | |
Maximum character length: | 8 |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | Date of diagnosis must be:
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. |
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Collection methods: | Reporting rules: The date of diagnosis is the date of the pathology report, if any, that first confirmed the diagnosis of cancer. This date may be found attached to a letter of referral or a patient's medical record from another institution or hospital. If this date is unavailable, or if no pathological test was done, then the date may be determined from one of the sources listed in the following sequence:
If components of the date are not known, an estimate should be provided with an estimated date flag to indicate that it is estimated. If an estimated date is not possible, a standard date of 15 June 1900 should be used with a flag to indicate the date is not known. Additionally, a date accuracy indicator should be recorded in conjunction with the estimated date. |
Comments: | Patient administration system, cancer notification system, population cancer statistics, research. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Cancer Australia |
Origin: | International Agency for Research on Cancer World Health Organization International Association of Cancer Registries |
Reference documents: | Modified from the definition presented by the New South Wales Inpatient Statistics Collection Manual 2000/2001 |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Patient—diagnosis date (cancer), DDMMYYYY Health!, Superseded 07/12/2011 See also Cancer staging—date of cancer staging, DDMMYYYY Health!, Standard 04/02/2015 See also Person with cancer—date of initial primary health care consultation, DDMMYYYY Health!, Standard 04/02/2015 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Bowel cancer diagnosed cluster Health!, Superseded 06/09/2018 Bowel cancer diagnosed cluster Health!, Superseded 05/02/2021 Bowel cancer diagnosed cluster Health!, Standard 05/02/2021 Bowel cancer diagnosed cluster Health!, Superseded 16/01/2020 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 |
Implementation in Indicators: |
Used as Numerator
Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.1.5–Survival of people diagnosed with cancer, 2019 Health!, Standard 09/04/2020 Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 3.1.2–Incidence of selected cancers, 2019 Health!, Standard 09/04/2020 Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 3.1.2–Incidence of selected cancers, 2020 Health!, Standard 13/10/2021 National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: PI 06b-Positive predictive value of diagnostic assessment for detecting colorectal cancer Health!, Superseded 06/09/2018 National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: PI 06b-Positive predictive value of diagnostic assessment for detecting colorectal cancer Health!, Standard 06/09/2018 National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: PI 07-Interval cancer rate Health!, Standard 06/09/2018 National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: PI 07-Interval cancer rate Health!, Superseded 06/09/2018 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 02-Incidence of selected cancers, 2014 Health!, Superseded 14/01/2015 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 02–Incidence of selected cancers, 2016 Health!, Superseded 31/01/2017 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 02–Incidence of selected cancers, 2017 Health!, Superseded 30/01/2018 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 02–Incidence of selected cancers, 2018 Health!, Superseded 19/06/2019 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 02–Incidence of selected cancers, 2019 Health!, Superseded 13/03/2020 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 02–Incidence of selected cancers, 2020 Health!, Standard 13/03/2020 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 02–Incidence of selected cancers, 2021 Health!, Standard 16/09/2020 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 02–Incidence of selected cancers, 2022 Health!, Standard 24/09/2021 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 24–Survival of people diagnosed with notifiable cancers, 2020 Health!, Standard 13/03/2020 |