Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element Concept |
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METEOR identifier: | 430253 |
Registration status: | Health!, Standard 08/05/2014 |
Definition: | An indicator of whether residual tumour is present or absent after the course of treatment for cancer. |
Cancer treatment—residual (R) tumour indicator
Data Element Concept Attributes
Object Class attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes
Object class: | Cancer treatment |
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Definition: | The course of cancer-directed treatment or treatments, with defined dates of commencement and cessation, given to the patient by a treatment provider or team of providers. This may include cancer-directed surgical treatment, radiation therapy and systemic agent therapy for cancer. It applies to the primary course of cancer treatment, treatment administered to the patient in response to disease progression or treatment administered to the patient in response to disease recurrence. |
Specialisation of: | Service/care event |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Origin: | Commission on Cancer, Standards of the Commission on Cancer Registry Operations and Data Standards (ROADS) Volume II (1998) Commission on Cancer, Facility Oncology Registry Data Standards (2002) |
Property attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes
Property: | Residual (R) tumour indicator |
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Definition: | The presence or absence of residual tumour after treatment. Residual tumour is based on the UICC TNM cancer staging system descriptor represented by the symbol R. It refers to cancer cells remaining at the primary tumour site after attempts to remove the cancer have been made. Treatment may involve a cancer-directed surgical procedure, radiotherapy or treatment with a systemic therapy agent. |
Property group: | Impairment characteristic |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Cancer Australia |
Reference documents: | Sobin LH, Gospodarowicz MK, Wittekind C (Editors) 2009. International Union Against Cancer (UICC): TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours. 7th ed. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons |
Data element concept attributes
Relational attributes
Data Elements implementing this Data Element Concept: | Cancer treatment—residual (R) tumour indicator, yes/no code N Health!, Standard 08/05/2014 |
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