Person with cancer—biopsy core, number N[NN]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Biopsy core number |
METEOR identifier: | 490884 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 14/05/2015 |
Definition: | The number of biopsy cores from a single specimen provided for examination as part of pathology testing of tissue from a person with cancer, presented as a number. |
Context: | To be collected for a person with cancer who has had surgically removed tissue or a core biopsy taken for the purpose of cancer diagnosis. |
Data Element Concept: | Person with cancer—biopsy core number |
Value Domain: | Number N[NN] |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Total | |
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Data type: | Number | |
Format: | N[NN] | |
Maximum character length: | 3 |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | Record the number of cores examined from a single specimen provided as part of pathology testing of tissue from a person with cancer. Please note that this is the number of cores examined, not the number of fragments. |
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Collection methods: | Collect from pathology reports or electronic databases. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Cancer Australia |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | See also Person with cancer—diagnostic histology indicator, yes/no/unknown code N Health, Standard 14/05/2015 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Prostate cancer (clinical) NBPDS Health, Standard 14/05/2015 Conditional obligation: Collect this item if Person with cancer—diagnostic histology indicator, yes/no/unknown code N equals yes. |
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