Person with cancer—molecular pathology indicator, yes/no/unknown code N

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Molecular pathology indicator
Synonymous names:	Molecular pathology
METEOR identifier:	435150
Registration status:	Health, Standard 08/05/2014
Definition:	An indicator of whether molecular pathology testing was performed to characterise a person's cancer, as represented by a code.
Data Element Concept:	Person with cancer—molecular pathology indicator

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:

Code

Data type:

Number

Format:

Maximum character length:

Permissible values:

Value	Meaning
1	Yes
2	No

Supplementary values:

Value	Meaning
8	Unknown

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:

Record whether or not molecular testing was performed on the biospecimen sample of a person with cancer. This should be collected for people with cancer where pathology data is available.

Collection methods:

This information should be sought from the patient's pathology report or a pathology database.

Comments:

Collected to identify the number of patients who undergo molecular testing. The presence of genetic or molecular abnormalities may be of clinical significance and influence treatment decisions.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:

Cancer Australia

Reference documents:

Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia 2010. Lung cancer structured reporting protocol. 1^st Edition (Version 1.0). Surry Hills, NSW: Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia

Relational attributes

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