Cancer treatment—systemic therapy treatment modification indicator, yes/no/unknown code N
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Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Systemic therapy modification indicator |
| METEOR identifier: | 546764 |
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| Definition: | An indicator of whether there was modification made to a patient's planned systemic therapy treatment for cancer, as represented by a code. |
| Data Element Concept: | Cancer treatment—systemic therapy treatment modification indicator |
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| Representation class: | Code | ||||||
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| Data type: | Number | ||||||
| Format: | N | ||||||
| Maximum character length: | 1 | ||||||
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| Guide for use: | Record whether there was a modification made to systemic therapy treatment from the initial treatment plan or systemic therapy schedule for a course of cancer treatment. Systemic therapy encompasses chemotherapy, hormone therapy and immunotherapy and modifications include (but are not limited to):
Treatment modification is often due to a patient's response to treatment or a change in the extent or pathway of the disease. | ||||||
| Collection methods: | Collect from patient medical records. | ||||||
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| Submitting organisation: | Cancer Australia | ||||||
| Reference documents: | Cancer Australia Working Group, 2010. | ||||||
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