Residual (R) tumour indicator
Property Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Property |
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METEOR identifier: | 430249 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 08/05/2014 |
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 |
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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 |
Relational attributes | |
Data Element Concepts implementing this property: | Cancer treatment—residual (R) tumour indicator Health, Standard 08/05/2014 |
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