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Data Standards and Data Dictionary

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Length: 8
Source of Standard: CoC
Section Name: Treatment-1st Course
Record Types: A, M, C, I

XML NAACCR ID: rxDateSurgery

Parent XML Element: Tumor

Alternate Names:

  • Date of Cancer-Directed Surgery (CoC)
  • Date of Surgery
  • Date of First Surgical Procedure (CoC)
  • RX Date--Surgery

Required Status:

NPCR Collect: R* - Required, when available
CoC Collect: R - Required
SEER Collect: R - Required
CCCR Collect: . - No recommendations

Description:

Date the first surgery of the type described under Surgery of Primary Site, Scope of Regional Lymph Node Surgery, or Surgery of Other Regional Site(s), Distant Site(s) or Distant Lymph Nodes was performed. See also RX Summ--Surg Prim Site [1290], RX Summ--Scope Reg LN Sur [1292], and RX Summ--Surg Oth Reg/Dis [1294]. See Data Descriptor Table for date format.

Formerly RX Date--Surgery.

Rationale:

The dates on which different treatment modalities were started are used to evaluate whether the treatments were part of first-course therapy and to reconstruct the sequence of first-course treatment modes.

Format:

YYYYMMDD

Item Data Type:

date

Allowable Values

Valid dates