Cancer treatment type code N[N]

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Value Domain
METEOR identifier:	467669
Registration status:	Health, Standard 08/05/2014
Definition:	A code set representing the type of treatment for cancer.

Representation class:

Code

Data type:

Number

Format:

N[N]

Maximum character length:

Permissible values:

Value	Meaning
1	Surgery only
2	Radiotherapy only
3	Systemic agent therapy only
4	Surgery and radiotherapy
5	Surgery and systemic agent therapy
6	Radiotherapy and systemic agent therapy
7	Surgery, radiotherapy and systemic agent therapy

Supplementary values:

97	Not applicable—treatment was not administered
98	Unknown whether treatment was administered
99	Treatment was administered but the type was not stated/inadequately described

Collection and usage attributes
Guide for use:	More than one treatment type may be administered during a course of cancer treatment; select the appropriate code value. Systemic agent therapy refers to: chemotherapy hormone therapy immunotherapy Surgery includes: surgical procedure for cancer systemic therapy procedure involving surgery A systemic therapy procedure is a medical, surgical or radiation procedure that has an effect on the hormonal or immunologic balance of the patient. Treatments other than surgery, radiotherapy or systemic agent therapy administered as part of the treatment are recorded separately.

Guide for use:

More than one treatment type may be administered during a course of cancer treatment; select the appropriate code value.

Systemic agent therapy refers to:

Surgery includes:

A systemic therapy procedure is a medical, surgical or radiation procedure that has an effect on the hormonal or immunologic balance of the patient.

Treatments other than surgery, radiotherapy or systemic agent therapy administered as part of the treatment are recorded separately.

Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Cancer Australia
Reference documents:	American College of Surgeons 2002. Facility Oncology Registry Data Standards (FORDS), 2009 revision. Commission on Cancer, 28E

Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Supersedes Cancer treatment type code N[N] Health, Superseded 08/05/2014
Data elements implementing this value domain:	Cancer treatment—cancer treatment type, code N[N] Health, Standard 08/05/2014 Person with cancer—second-line treatment type, code N[N] Health, Standard 08/05/2014