Radiotherapy fractions administered
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Property |
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| METEOR identifier: | 393508 |
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| Definition: | The number of radiotherapy fractions or treatment sessions administered. Radiotherapy is the treatment of disease by means of ionizing radiation. Administration of the total dose of radiation is spread out over time and delivered to the patient in a number of even parts or treatment sessions (fractions). Although a treatment session may include several treatment portals delivered within a confined period of time, usually a few minutes, it is still considered one fraction. |
| Property group: | Service provision event |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Cancer Australia |
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| Reference documents: | American College of Surgeons 2002. Facility Oncology Registry Data Standards (FORDS), 2009 revision, Commission on Cancer page 163 |
Relational attributes | |
| Data Element Concepts implementing this property: | Cancer treatment—radiotherapy fractions administered
Cancer treatment—radiotherapy fractions administered
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