Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Tumour size at diagnosis (solid tumours) |
METEOR identifier: | 422642 |
Registration status: | Health!, Standard 07/12/2011 |
Definition: | The largest dimension of a solid tumour, measured in millimetres. |
Data Element Concept: | Person with cancer—solid tumour size |
Value Domain: | Total millimetres NNN |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | Size in millimetres with valid values 001 to 997. |
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | The reporting standard for the size of solid tumours is:
General coding rules: Recorded size:
Size reported for multiple specimens:
Multifocal tumour:
Macroscopic size:
Exclusions:
Invasive breast cancer coding rules: Note: These rules are to be used only when the record pertains to an invasive breast cancer (as per Person with cancer-primary site of cancer, topography code (ICD-O-3) ANN.N. Invasive tumours with an in situ component:
Microinvasive tumour:
Bilateral breasts tumours:
Multifocal tumours with different morphology:
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Collection methods: | This information should be obtained from the patient's pathology reports. |
Comments: | The diameter of the largest dimension of solid neoplasms is collected for patient management, population cancer statistics and research. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Reference documents: | Johnson CH & Adamo M (Editors) 2007. SEER Program Coding and Staging Manual 2007. MD 2007. Bethesda:National Cancer Institute, NIH Publication number 07-5581 National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre and Australian Cancer Network 2008. The pathology reporting of breast cancer: A guide for pathologists, surgeons, radiologists and oncologists, 3rd edition. Surry Hills, NSW: National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Person with cancer—solid tumour size (at diagnosis), total millimetres NNN Health!, Superseded 07/12/2011 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Breast cancer (cancer registries) NBPDS Health!, Standard 01/09/2012 Cancer (clinical) DSS Health!, Superseded 08/05/2014 Conditional obligation: Conditional on the histopathological examination of the tumour, and excludes Phyllodes tumours, sarcomas or lymphomas. Cancer (clinical) DSS Health!, Superseded 14/05/2015 Conditional obligation: Conditional on the histopathological examination of the tumour, and excludes Phyllodes tumours, sarcomas or lymphomas. Cancer (clinical) NBPDS Health!, Standard 14/05/2015 Conditional obligation: Conditional on the histopathological examination of the tumour, and excludes Phyllodes tumours, sarcomas or lymphomas. |