California Cancer Reporting System Standards, Volume III

 

Derived AJCC-6 T Descript

IDENTIFIERS

CCR ID

NAACCR ID

E1213

2950

OWNER

AJCC

DESCRIPTION

This data item belongs to the Collaborative Stage (CS) Data Collection System which is based on the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual, 6th and 7th editions. AJCC T, N, M plus descriptors and AJCC staging components are composed of combinations of characters, numbers, and/or special characters and can be of varying lengths. To more easily handle these components a numeric code was assigned to each unique category for each T, N, M plus descriptors and AJCC stage for 6th and 7th editions. This field contains the numeric representation for the AJCC 6th edition “T Descriptor” and is derived from CS coded fields using the CS algorithm. This numeric representation is referred to as the “storage” code and its associated label is referred to as the “display” code. Explanations of the “storage” codes and their corresponding “display” codes can be found in the most current version of the Collaborative Stage Data Collection System (http://cancerstaging.org). The display code should be used for display on the screen and in reports.

LEVELS

Tumors, Admissions

LENGTH

1

ALLOWABLE VALUES

c

Clinical stage

p

Pathologic stage

a

Autopsy stage

y

Surgical resection performed after presurgical systemic treatment or radiation; tumor size/extension based on pathologic evidence

N

Not applicable (Derived from Collaborative Stage fields)

Blank

Date of Diagnosis is before January 1, 2004.

SOURCE

Upload with no conversion.

UPDATE

See CS Version Derived.

CONSOLIDATED DATA EXTRACT

Yes, extract from tumor.

INTERFIELD EDITS

None

HISTORICAL CHANGES

3/04

Not a required data item for 2004 but is sent in from CoC facilities.

2010

Data Changes: CCR name (Derived AJCC T Desc) changed to NAACCR name and NAACCR name change (was Derived AJCC T Descriptor). Revised Update logic based on new date criteria and new CS fields.

05/2016

Per NAACCR v16, Update logic revised to follow new year requirements for all CS fields.