California Cancer Reporting System Standards, Volume III

 

Survival Time

IDENTIFIERS

CCR ID

NAACCR ID

E1772

None

DESCRIPTION

Number of days patient has survived since their diagnosis.

This item generated when necessary and is not stored in the database.

LEVEL

Tumor

LENGTH

5

ALLOWABLE VALUES

00000 - 47450 (0 - 130 years) (Julian)

99999 Survival time unknown (diagnosis year is unknown)

SOURCE

Computer generate the interval between Date of Diagnosis and Date of Last Patient Follow Up (see Appendix #8).

UPDATE

Recalculate if either Date of Diagnosis or Date of Last Patient Follow Up is changed.

CONSOLIDATED DATA EXTRACT

Optional

INTERFIELD EDITS

None

HISTORICAL CHANGES

11/14/02 In the CCR central system (EUREKA), this field is generated when necessary and is not stored in the database. The Allowable values edit was removed.
2010 Data Changes: Removed the logic that inserted assumed date parts for unknown month or day from the Allowable Values section. Added link to Appendix 8.