Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Morphology of cancer |
METEOR identifier: | 370023 |
Registration status: | Health, Superseded 07/12/2011 |
Definition: | The histological classification of the cancer tissue (histopathological type) and a description of the course of development that a tumour is likely to take: benign or malignant (behaviour), as represented by a code. |
Data element concept attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Data element concept: | Person with cancer—morphology of cancer |
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METEOR identifier: | 269647 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 01/03/2005 |
Definition: | The morphology of a cancer refers to the histological classification of the cancer tissue (histopathological type) and a description of the course of development that a tumour is likely to take: benign or malignant (behaviour). The designation is based on a microscopic diagnosis of morphology by the pathologist (Esteban, Whelan, Laudico & Parkin 1995). |
Object class: | Person with cancer |
Property: | Morphology of cancer |
Value domain attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Value domain: | Morphology of cancer code (ICDO-3) NNNN/N |
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METEOR identifier: | 270756 |
Registration status: | Health, Superseded 07/12/2011 |
Definition: | The ICDO (3rd edition) code set representing the histology and behaviour of cancer tissue. |
Representational attributes | ||
Classification scheme: | International Classification of Diseases for Oncology 3rd edition | |
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Representation class: | Code | |
Data type: | Number | |
Format: | NNNN/N | |
Maximum character length: | 5 |
Source and reference attributes | |
Origin: | International Classification of Diseases for Oncology, Third Edition (ICDO-3) |
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Collection methods: | Cancer registry use: Collection of this data item should only be from notification and pathology reports relating to initial diagnosis and not for recurrent or metastatic disease. Morphology information should be obtained from a pathology report or pathology system, and recorded with/on the patient's medical record and/or the hospital's patient administration system. Additional information may also be sought from the patient's attending clinician or medical practitioner. If the morphology differs on multiple pathology reports for the same tumour, use the value from the most representative tumour specimen examined. For example, if tumour is described as ductal on core biopsy but undifferentiated carcinoma on the excision specimen the morphology would be coded as undifferentiaited carcinoma (a lower code) which has a less favourable diagnosis. Hospital morbidity use: In hospitals, the morphology code is modified for use with ICD-10-AM. The morphology code consists of histologic type (4 digits) and behaviour code (1 digit) ranging from 8000/0 to 9989/9. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Origin: | World Health Organization New South Wales Health Department State and Territory Cancer Registries |
Reference documents: | New South Wales Inpatient Statistics Collection Manual, 2000/2001 Esteban D, Whelan S, Laudico A and Parkin DM editors. International Agency for Research on Cancer World Health Organization and International Association of Cancer Registries: Manual for cancer registry personnel. IARC Technical Report No 10. Lyon: IARC,1995 |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Person with cancer—morphology of cancer, code (ICDO-3) NNNN/N Health, Superseded 06/03/2009 Has been superseded by Person with cancer—morphology of cancer, code (ICD-O-3) NNNN/N Health, Standard 07/12/2011 Has been superseded by Person with cancer—morphology of cancer, code (ICD-O-3.1) NNNN/N Health, Qualified 03/08/2023 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Breast cancer (Cancer registries) DSS Health, Superseded 01/09/2012 Cancer (clinical) DSS Health, Superseded 22/12/2009 DSS specific information: This information is collected for the purpose of:
Cancer (clinical) DSS Health, Superseded 07/12/2011 DSS specific information: This information is collected for the purpose of:
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