Person with cancer—core biopsy tumour extent, percentage N[NNN]
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Biopsy tumour extent |
| METEOR identifier: | 513455 |
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| Definition: | The extent of tissue involved by cancer cells in a single specimen found in pathology testing of tissue from a person with cancer, presented by a percentage. |
| Context: | To be collected for a person with cancer who has had surgically removed tissue or core biopsy taken for pathology examination. |
| Data Element Concept: | Person with cancer—core biopsy tumour extent |
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| Representation class: | Percentage | ||||||
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| Data type: | Number | ||||||
| Format: | N[NNN] | ||||||
| Maximum character length: | 4 | ||||||
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| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare | ||||||
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| Guide for use: | Record as a percentage the proportion of tissue involved by cancer cells in a single specimen found in pathology testing of a tissue biopsy as outlined in the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia Prostate Cancer Structured Pathology Reporting Protocol (2014) CS3.05a. A single specimen refers to multiple cores collected from tissue removed from a single site. | ||||||
| Collection methods: | Collect from pathology reports or electronic databases. | ||||||
Source and reference attributes | |||||||
| Submitting organisation: | Cancer Australia | ||||||
| Reference documents: | Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia 2014. Prostate cancer (radical prostatectomy) structured reporting protocol 2nd edition. RCPA, Sydney. Viewed 21 December 2014, http://www.rcpa.edu.au/getattachment/f506078a-3bd4-4a1c-8b8c-85d2f2dfcf61/Protocol-prostate-cancer-radical-prostatectomy.aspx | ||||||
Relational attributes | |||||||
| Related metadata references: | See also Person with cancer—core biopsy length, total millimetres NN.N
See also Person with cancer—core biopsy tumour length, total millimetres NN.N
See also Person with cancer—diagnostic histology indicator, yes/no/unknown code N
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| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes + |
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