Person with cancer—primary site of cancer, code (ICDO-3) ANN{.N[N]}
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Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Primary site of cancer (ICDO-3 code) |
| METEOR identifier: | 370039 |
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| Definition: | The site of origin of the tumour, as opposed to the secondary or metastatic sites, as represented by an ICDO-3 code. |
| Data Element Concept: | Person with cancer—primary site of cancer |
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| Classification scheme: | International Classification of Diseases for Oncology 3rd edition | |||||||
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| Representation class: | Code | |||||||
| Data type: | String | |||||||
| Format: | ANN{.N[N]} | |||||||
| Maximum character length: | 6 | |||||||
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| Guide for use: | Report the primary site of cancer, if known, for patients who have been diagnosed with a cancer. In ICDO, primary site is identified using both the Cxx.x code identifying site and the behaviour code to identify whether the site is the primary site. The behaviour code numbers used in ICDO are listed below: 0 Benign 1 Uncertain whether benign or malignant
2 Carcinoma in situ
3 Malignant, primary site 6 Malignant, metastatic site
9 Malignant, uncertain whether primary or metastatic site | |||||||
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| Guide for use: | For cancer registries, collection of this data item should only be from notification and pathology reports relating to initial diagnosis and not for recurrent or metastatic disease. If the primary site differs on multiple pathology or other notification reports for the same tumour, use the most specific value. For multifocal tumours with foci in more than one quadrant, use the quadrant of the largest focus. | |||||||
| Collection methods: | Cancer registries use Site codes from ICDO 3rd edition. | |||||||
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| Origin: | World Health Organization | |||||||
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| Related metadata references: | Supersedes Person with cancer—primary site of cancer, code (ICDO-3) ANN{.N[N]}
Has been superseded by Person with cancer—primary site of cancer, topography code (ICD-O-3) ANN.N
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| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes + |
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