Person with cancer—number of positive sentinel lymph nodes, total code N[NN]
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Number of positive sentinel lymph nodes |
| METEOR identifier: | 370549 |
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| Definition: | The total number of sentinel lymph nodes reported as containing tumour after examination by a pathologist. |
| Data Element Concept: | Person with cancer—number of positive sentinel lymph nodes |
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Representational attributes | |||||
| Representation class: | Total | ||||
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| Data type: | Number | ||||
| Format: | N[NN] | ||||
| Maximum character length: | 3 | ||||
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Collection and usage attributes | |||||
| Collection methods: | 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. | ||||
| Comments: | Sentinel lymph nodes are the first nodes that filter fluid draining away from the area of cancer. The number of lymph nodes with metastasis is important for cancer staging | ||||
Source and reference attributes | |||||
| Origin: | National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre (NBOCC) Australasian Association of Cancer Registries (AACR) Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) | ||||
| Reference documents: | Johnson CH, Adamo M (eds.), SEER Program Coding and Staging Manual 2007. National Cancer Institute, NIH Publication number 07-5581, Bethesda, MD 2007. | ||||
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| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes + |
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