Metadata item type: | Data Element Concept |
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| METEOR identifier: | 293218 |
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| Definition: | N stage is the coding system used to denote the absence or presence of regional lymph node metastases. It classifies the extent of regional lymph node metastases at the time of diagnosis of the primary cancer. It is a part of the TNM cancer staging system. |
Person with cancer—regional lymph node metastasis status
Object Class attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes
| Object class: | Person with cancer |
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| Definition: | A person who has been diagnosed with a cancer. |
| Specialisation of: | Person/group of persons |
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| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Property attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes
| Property: | Regional lymph node metastasis status |
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| Definition: | The absence or presence and the extent of regional lymph node metastasis. |
| Property group: | Physical wellbeing |
Source and reference attributes
| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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| Origin: | Sobin LH (Editors) (1997) International Union Against Cancer (UICC) TNM classification of malignant tumours, 5th edition. Wiley-Liss, New York |
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