Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element Concept |
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METEOR identifier: | 433050 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 08/05/2014 |
Definition: | The orientation of the surgical margin that is closest to the invasive or in situ carcinoma after surgical cancer treatment. |
Cancer treatment—surgical margin qualifier
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: | Surgical margin qualifier |
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Definition: | The orientation of the surgical margin that is closest to the invasive or in situ carcinoma. Surgical margins represent sites that have either been cut or bluntly dissected by the surgeon to resect the specimen. The distance and orientation of the closest margin is useful for surgical audit and for assessing the completeness of surgical resection. Margin involvement may influence treatment decisions and is a prognostic indicator. |
Property group: | Location characteristics |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Cancer Australia |
Reference documents: | National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre 2009. Breast cancer specific data items for clinical cancer registration. Surry Hills, NSW: National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre |
Data element concept attributes
Relational attributes
Data Elements implementing this Data Element Concept: | Cancer treatment—lung cancer surgical margin qualifier, code N[N] Health, Standard 08/05/2014 |
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