Immunotherapy start date

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Property
METeOR identifier:	393536
Registration status:	Health, Standard 07/12/2011
Definition:	The date on which immunotherapy commenced. The application of immunologic knowledge and techniques to prevent and treat disease.
Property group:	Entry into service event
Collection and usage attributes
Guide for use:	Examples include the administration of increasing doses of allergens in the treatment of allergies, the use of immunostimulants and immunosuppressants, the transfer of immunocompetent cells and tissues from one person to another, and the use of interferon for its antiviral and antitumor properties.
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Cancer Australia
Reference documents:	Myers T (Editor) 2009. Mosby’s Medical Dictionary , 8^th Edition. Missouri: Mosby Elsevier page 945
Relational attributes
Data Element Concepts implementing this property:	Cancer treatment—immunotherapy start date Health, Standard 07/12/2011