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Data Standards and Data Dictionary

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Length: 8
Source of Standard: SEER/CoC
Section Name: Follow-up/Recurrence/Death
Record Types: A, M, C, I

XML NAACCR ID: dateOfLastContact

Parent XML Element: Patient

Alternate Names:

  • Date of Last Contact or Death (CoC)
  • Date of Last Follow-Up or of Death (SEER)

Required Status:

NPCR Collect: R - Required
CoC Collect: R - Required
SEER Collect: R - Required
CCCR Collect: . - No recommendations

Description:

Date of last contact with the patient, or date of death. If the patient has multiple tumors, Date of Last Contact should be the same for all tumors. See Data Descriptor Table for date format.

Rationale:

Used for recording Date of Last Contact from active or passive follow-up. Used to record date of death and to calculate survival.

Format:

YYYYMMDD

Item Data Type:

date

Allowable Values

Valid dates