Person with cancer—second-line treatment type, code N[N]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Second-line treatment type |
Synonymous names: | Second-line therapy |
METEOR identifier: | 432433 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 08/05/2014 |
Definition: | The type of cancer-directed second-line treatment administered to a person with cancer, as represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept: | Person with cancer—second-line treatment type |
Value Domain: | Cancer treatment type code N[N] |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | More than one treatment type may be administered during a course of cancer treatment; select the appropriate code value. Systemic agent therapy refers to:
Surgery includes:
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. |
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | Record cancer-directed second-line treatment for a person with cancer. Cancer-directed treatment is that which destroys or modifies cancer tissue anywhere in the body. Treatment may involve one or more modalities; record the code for each type of treatment administered. Systemic therapy procedures are medical, surgical or radiation procedures that have an effect on the hormonal or immunological balance of the patient, and refer to haematologic transplant and endocrine procedures. Note the distinction between the administration of systemic agents or drugs, and systemic therapy procedures that affect the hormonal or immunologic balance of the patient. |
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Collection methods: | This information should be sought from the patient's medical record. |
Comments: | The 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 | |
Submitting organisation: | Cancer Australia |
Reference documents: | American College of Surgeons 1998. Standards of the Commission on Cancer: Registry Operations and Data Standards (ROADS), Volume II. Chicago: Commission on Cancer National Cancer Institute, 2008. Dictionary of Cancer Terms. Definition of second-line therapy. Viewed June 14, 2011, http://www.expertglossary.com/cancer/definition/second-line-therapy |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | See also Person with cancer—second-line treatment intention, code N Health, Standard 14/05/2015 See also Person with cancer—second-line treatment intention, code N Health, Superseded 14/05/2015 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Lung cancer (clinical) DSS Health, Superseded 14/05/2015 Conditional obligation: Conditional on the administration of second-line treatment for cancer. Lung cancer (clinical) NBPDS Health, Standard 14/05/2015 Conditional obligation: Conditional on the administration of second-line treatment for cancer. |