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Cancer treatment—cancer treatment type, code N[N]

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element
Short name:Help on this termCancer treatment type
METEOR identifier:Help on this term561618
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Health, Standard 08/05/2014
Definition:Help on this termThe type of treatment administered during the course of treatment for cancer, as represented by a code.
Data Element Concept:Cancer treatment—cancer treatment type

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:Help on this termCode
Data type:Help on this termNumber
Format:Help on this termN[N]
Maximum character length:Help on this term2
Permissible values:Help on this term
ValueMeaning
1Surgery only
2Radiotherapy only
3Systemic agent therapy only
4Surgery and radiotherapy
5Surgery and systemic agent therapy
6Radiotherapy and systemic agent therapy
7Surgery, radiotherapy and systemic agent therapy
Supplementary values:Help on this term
ValueMeaning
97Not applicable—treatment was not administered
98Unknown whether treatment was administered
99Treatment was administered but the type was not stated/inadequately described

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

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.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term

Cancer Australia

Reference documents:Help on this termAmerican College of Surgeons 2002. Facility Oncology Registry Data Standards (FORDS), 2009 revision. Commission on Cancer, 28E

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

All treatments administered to the patient during the course of cancer treatment should be recorded.

When the patient has received treatment for cancer and codes 1 to 7 are recorded, the relevant treatment information for each treatment modality should also be collected.

Cancer-directed treatments administered to the patient during the course of treatment that cannot be characterised as surgery, radiotherapy or systemic therapy according to the definitions in this data set specification, are recorded separately in the data element Other cancer treatment description
Collection methods:Help on this termThis information should be obtained from the patient's medical record.
Comments:Help on this termThe collection of specific treatment information is useful to evaluate patterns of care, the effectiveness of different treatment modalities, and treatment by patient outcome.

Source and reference attributes

Origin:Help on this term

Commission on Cancer, American College of Surgeons

New South Wales Health Department
Reference documents:Help on this term

American College of Surgeons 1998. Standards of the Commission on Cancer: Registry Operations and Data Standards (ROADS), Volume II. Commission on Cancer

Public Health Division 2001. NSW Clinical Cancer Data Collection for Outcomes and Quality. Data Dictionary Version 1. Sydney: NSW Health Department

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Supersedes Cancer treatment—cancer treatment type, code N[N]
  • Health, Superseded 08/05/2014
See also Cancer treatment—other cancer treatment, text X[X(149)]
  • Health, Standard 08/05/2014
See also Chemotherapy for cancer cluster
  • Health, Standard 08/05/2014
See also Hormone therapy for cancer cluster
  • Health, Standard 08/05/2014
See also Immunotherapy for cancer cluster
  • Health, Standard 08/05/2014
See also Radiotherapy for cancer cluster
  • Health, Standard 08/05/2014
See also Surgery for cancer cluster
  • Health, Superseded 14/05/2015
See also Surgery for cancer cluster
  • Health, Standard 14/05/2015
See also Systemic therapy procedure for cancer cluster
  • Health, Standard 08/05/2014
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term

Adolescent and young adult cancer (clinical) DSSHealth, Superseded 14/05/2015

DSS specific attributes +

Conditional obligation:

Complete when there is a first recurrence of cancer.

DSS specific information:

Complete this in relation to treatment for a first recurrence of cancer.

Adolescent and young adult cancer (clinical) NBPDSHealth, Standard 14/05/2015

DSS specific attributes +

Conditional obligation:

Complete when there is a first recurrence of cancer.

DSS specific information:

Complete this in relation to treatment for a first recurrence of cancer.


Cancer (clinical) DSSHealth, Superseded 14/05/2015

Cancer (clinical) NBPDSHealth, Standard 14/05/2015

Gynaecological cancer (clinical) DSSHealth, Superseded 14/05/2015

DSS specific attributes +

Conditional obligation:

This data element is to be recorded for a patient having a first recurrence of cancer. All treatments administered to the patient during the first recurrence of cancer should be recorded.

DSS specific information:

This data element is to be recorded separately for the primary course of treatment and treatment for the first recurrence of cancer. All treatments administered to the patient as part of the primary course of treatment for the first recurrence of cancer should be recorded.

Gynaecological cancer (clinical) NBPDSHealth, Standard 14/05/2015

DSS specific attributes +

Conditional obligation:

This data element is to be recorded for a patient having a first recurrence of cancer. All treatments administered to the patient during the first recurrence of cancer should be recorded.

DSS specific information:

This data element is to be recorded separately for the primary course of treatment and treatment for the first recurrence of cancer. All treatments administered to the patient as part of the primary course of treatment for the first recurrence of cancer should be recorded.


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