Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element Concept |
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METEOR identifier: | 370547 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 06/03/2009 |
Definition: | The number of a person's sentinel lymph nodes examined by a pathologist and reported as containing tumour. |
Person with cancer—number of positive sentinel lymph nodes
Data Element Concept Attributes
Object Class attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes
Object class: | Person with cancer |
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Definition: | A person who has been diagnosed with a cancer. |
Specialisation of: | Person/group of persons |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Property attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes
Property: | Number of positive sentinel lymph nodes |
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Definition: | The total number of sentinel lymph nodes examined by a pathologist and reported as containing tumour. Sentinel lymph nodes are the first nodes that filter fluid draining away from the area of cancer. The number of lymph nodes with metastasis is important for cancer staging. |
Property group: | Assessment event |
Data element concept attributes
Relational attributes
Data Elements implementing this Data Element Concept: | Person with cancer—number of positive sentinel lymph nodes, total code N[NN] Health, Standard 06/03/2009 |
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