Chemotherapy cycles administered
Property Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Property |
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METEOR identifier: | 393825 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 07/12/2011 |
Definition: | The number of cycles of chemotherapy administered. Chemotherapy is the treatment of disease by means of chemical substances or drugs; usually used in reference to neoplastic disease. Chemotherapy for the treatment of cancer achieves its antitumour effect through the use of antineoplastic drugs that inhibit the reproduction of cancer cells by interfering with DNA synthesis and mitosis. Chemotherapy may involve treatment with a single agent or a combination of two or more drugs that are administered in treatment cycles and according to a prespecified regimen or protocol. Chemotherapy cycles reflect the timing, frequency and duration of treatment. |
Property group: | Service provision event |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Cancer Australia |
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Reference documents: | Stedman TL 2006. Stedman's Medical Dictionary, 28th Edition. Maryland: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins page 358 American College of Surgeons 2002. Facility Oncology Registry Data Standards (FORDS), 2011 revision. Commission on Cancer page 26 |
Relational attributes | |
Data Element Concepts implementing this property: | Cancer treatment—chemotherapy cycles administered Health, Standard 08/05/2014 Cancer treatment—chemotherapy cycles administered Health, Superseded 08/05/2014 |