California Cancer Reporting System Standards Volume I: Abstracting and Coding Procedures for Hospitals
In the text field following the Start Date field, describe the treatment as succinctly as possible. If more than one procedure was performed, describe each one in chronological order. Indicate where the procedure was performed, unless it was at the reporting facility. The text field may be left blank when the type of treatment was not provided. But if no cancer-directed surgery is performed, record the reason in the text field for surgery.
Note: There is no text field for bone marrow transplant and endocrine procedures. Record text information regarding bone marrow transplants and endocrine procedures in the immunotherapy text field.