Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Corpus uteri lymphovascular invasion location |
Synonymous names: | LVI of corpus uteri |
METEOR identifier: | 424445 |
Registration status: | Health!, Standard 08/05/2014 |
Definition: | The location of cancer cells invasion into the lymphatic and/or vascular spaces for a person with cancer of the corpus uteri, as represented by a code. |
Context: | Invasion of lymphatic vascular space is a predictor of lymph node metastasis and recurrence. Collect this item for women with cancer of the corpus uteri. |
Data Element Concept: | Person with cancer—location of lymphovascular invasion |
Value Domain: | Lymphovascular invasion of corpus uteri code N |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Cancer Australia |
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | Record the 1 digit code indicating the location of lymphovascular invasion of neoplastic (cancer) cells. Lymphovascular invasion of neoplastic cells, both at the interface of the tumour, with the normal myometrium and more distantly, relates partly to tumour invasive depth and partly to tumour type. |
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Collection methods: | Collect from pathology reports or databases. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Cancer Australia |
Reference documents: | RCPA (2011), Endometrial Cancer Structured Reporting Protocol (1st Edition 2011) |
Relational attributes | |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Gynaecological cancer (clinical) DSS Health!, Superseded 14/05/2015 Conditional obligation: This data element is only to be recorded for patients with endometrial cancer, as indicated by Person with cancer—primary site of cancer, topography code (ICD-O-3) ANN.N, and when Person with cancer—lymphovascular invasion indicator, yes/no code N indicates the presence of lymphovascular invasion. Gynaecological cancer (clinical) NBPDS Health!, Standard 14/05/2015 Conditional obligation: This data element is only to be recorded for patients with endometrial cancer, as indicated by Person with cancer—primary site of cancer, topography code (ICD-O-3) ANN.N, and when Person with cancer—lymphovascular invasion indicator, yes/no code N indicates the presence of lymphovascular invasion. |