Cancer treatment—residual (R) tumour type, code AX

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Residual tumour type
METEOR identifier:	521153
Registration status:	Health, Standard 08/05/2014
Definition:	The type of tumour that remains after the course of cancer treatment, as represented by a code.
Data Element Concept:	Cancer treatment—residual (R) tumour type

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:

Code

Data type:

String

Format:

Maximum character length:

Permissible values:

Value	Meaning
R0	No residual tumour
R1	Microscopic residual tumour
R2	Macroscopic residual tumour
RX	Presence of residual tumour cannot be assessed

Supplementary values:

Value	Meaning
R7	Not applicable-surgery was not performed

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:

Record the presence or absence of residual tumour after treatment.

Residual disease is based on the UICC TNM cancer staging system descriptor represented by the symbol R.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:

Cancer Australia

Reference documents:

Sobin LH, Gospodarowicz MK, Wittekind C (Editors) 2009. International Union Against Cancer (UICC): TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours. 7th ed. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons

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