Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Cancer treatment type |
METEOR identifier: | 561618 |
Registration status: | Health!, Standard 08/05/2014 |
Definition: | The type of treatment administered during the course of treatment for cancer, as represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept: | Cancer treatment—cancer treatment type |
Value Domain: | Cancer treatment type code N[N] |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | All treatments administered to the patient during the course of cancer treatment should be recorded. When the patient has received treatment for cancer and codes 1 to 7 are recorded, the relevant treatment information for each treatment modality should also be collected. Cancer-directed treatments administered to the patient during the course of treatment that cannot be characterised as surgery, radiotherapy or systemic therapy according to the definitions in this data set specification, are recorded separately in the data element Other cancer treatment description |
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Collection methods: | This information should be obtained from the patient's medical record. |
Comments: | The collection of specific treatment information is useful to evaluate patterns of care, the effectiveness of different treatment modalities, and treatment by patient outcome. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Origin: | Commission on Cancer, American College of Surgeons New South Wales Health Department |
Reference documents: | American College of Surgeons 1998. Standards of the Commission on Cancer: Registry Operations and Data Standards (ROADS), Volume II. Commission on Cancer Public Health Division 2001. NSW Clinical Cancer Data Collection for Outcomes and Quality. Data Dictionary Version 1. Sydney: NSW Health Department |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Cancer treatment—cancer treatment type, code N[N] Health!, Superseded 08/05/2014 See also Cancer treatment—other cancer treatment, text X[X(149)] Health!, Standard 08/05/2014 See also Chemotherapy for cancer cluster Health!, Standard 08/05/2014 See also Hormone therapy for cancer cluster Health!, Standard 08/05/2014 See also Immunotherapy for cancer cluster Health!, Standard 08/05/2014 See also Radiotherapy for cancer cluster Health!, Standard 08/05/2014 See also Surgery for cancer cluster Health!, Superseded 14/05/2015 See also Surgery for cancer cluster Health!, Standard 14/05/2015 See also Systemic therapy procedure for cancer cluster Health!, Standard 08/05/2014 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Adolescent and young adult cancer (clinical) DSS Health!, Superseded 14/05/2015 Conditional obligation: Complete when there is a first recurrence of cancer. DSS specific information: Complete this in relation to treatment for a first recurrence of cancer. Adolescent and young adult cancer (clinical) NBPDS Health!, Standard 14/05/2015 Conditional obligation: Complete when there is a first recurrence of cancer. DSS specific information: Complete this in relation to treatment for a first recurrence of cancer. Cancer (clinical) DSS Health!, Superseded 14/05/2015 Cancer (clinical) NBPDS Health!, Standard 14/05/2015 Gynaecological cancer (clinical) DSS Health!, Superseded 14/05/2015 Conditional obligation: This data element is to be recorded for a patient having a first recurrence of cancer. All treatments administered to the patient during the first recurrence of cancer should be recorded. DSS specific information: This data element is to be recorded separately for the primary course of treatment and treatment for the first recurrence of cancer. All treatments administered to the patient as part of the primary course of treatment for the first recurrence of cancer should be recorded. Gynaecological cancer (clinical) NBPDS Health!, Standard 14/05/2015 Conditional obligation: This data element is to be recorded for a patient having a first recurrence of cancer. All treatments administered to the patient during the first recurrence of cancer should be recorded. DSS specific information: This data element is to be recorded separately for the primary course of treatment and treatment for the first recurrence of cancer. All treatments administered to the patient as part of the primary course of treatment for the first recurrence of cancer should be recorded. |