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

XML NAACCR ID: rxDateBrm

Parent XML Element: Tumor

Alternate Names:

  • Date Immunotherapy Started (CoC)
  • RX Date--BRM

Required Status:

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

Description:

Date of initiation for immunotherapy (a.k.a. biological response modifier) that is part of the first course of treatment. See also RX Summ--BRM [1410]. See Data Descriptor Table for date format.

Formerly RX Date--BRM.

Rationale:

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

General Notes:

Note: CoC discontinued support of this item from 2003 through 2009.

Format:

YYYYMMDD

Item Data Type:

date

Allowable Values

Valid dates