Cancer treatment—radiotherapy treatment type, code N
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Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Radiotherapy treatment type |
| METEOR identifier: | 291438 |
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| Definition: | The type of radiation therapy used in initial treatment of the cancer, as represented by a code. |
| Data Element Concept: | Cancer treatment—radiotherapy treatment type |
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| Representation class: | Code | ||||||||||||
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| Data type: | Number | ||||||||||||
| Format: | N | ||||||||||||
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| Collection methods: | If codes 1, 2, 3 or 9 are used, the amount of radiation received should also be collected. Most external beam radiotherapy is delivered on an outpatient basis. CODE 2 Brachytherapy (radioactive implants) This code is likely to be listed as a procedure for admitted patients. | ||||||||||||
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| Submitting organisation: | National Cancer Control Initiative | ||||||||||||
| Origin: | Commission on Cancer, American College of Surgeons New South Wales Health Department | ||||||||||||
| Reference documents: | Commission on Cancer, Standards of the Commission on Cancer Registry Operations and Data Standards (ROADS) Volume II (1998) Public Health Division NSW Clinical Cancer Data Collection for Outcomes and Quality. Data Dictionary Version 1 Sydney NSW Health Dept (2001) | ||||||||||||
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| Related metadata references: | Supersedes  Radiotherapy treatment type, version 1, DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (15.0 KB) No registration statusSee also Cancer treatment—radiation dose administered, total Gray N[NN.NN]
See also Cancer treatment—radiation dose received, total Gray N[NNNN]
Has been superseded by Cancer treatment—radiotherapy treatment type, code N[N]
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| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes + |
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