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Cancer treatment—distance of closest surgical margin

Data Element Concept Attributes

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Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element Concept
METEOR identifier:Help on this term430291
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Health, Standard 08/05/2014
Definition:Help on this termThe distance of the closest surgical margin from the invasive or in situ carcinoma after surgical cancer treatment.

Object Class attributes

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Object class:Cancer treatment
Definition:Help on this term

The course of cancer-directed treatment or treatments, with defined dates of commencement and cessation, given to the patient by a treatment provider or team of providers.

This may include cancer-directed surgical treatment, radiation therapy and systemic agent therapy for cancer. It applies to the primary course of cancer treatment, treatment administered to the patient in response to disease progression or treatment administered to the patient in response to disease recurrence.
Specialisation of:Help on this termService/care event

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this termAustralian Institute of Health and Welfare
Origin:Help on this term

Commission on Cancer, Standards of the Commission on Cancer Registry Operations and Data Standards (ROADS) Volume II (1998)

Commission on Cancer, Facility Oncology Registry Data Standards (2002)

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Property:Distance of closest surgical margin
Definition:Help on this term

The distance in millimetres of the closest surgical margin from the invasive or in situ carcinoma.

Surgical margins represent sites that have either been cut or bluntly dissected by the surgeon to resect the specimen.
Property group:Help on this termLocation characteristics

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this termCancer Australia.

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Data Elements implementing this Data Element Concept:Help on this term
Cancer treatment—distance of closest surgical margin, total millimetres N[N]
  • Health, Standard 08/05/2014
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