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Person with cancer—morphology of cancer, code (ICDO-3) NNNN/N

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Definition

The histological classification of the cancer tissue (histopathological type) and a description of the course of development that a tumour is likely to take: benign or malignant (behaviour), as represented by a code.

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Data Element (this item)
Person with cancer—morphology of cancer, code (ICDO-3) NNNN/N

Comments

Origin:

World Health Organization

New South Wales Health Department

State and Territory Cancer Registries

References

New South Wales Inpatient Statistics Collection Manual, 2000/2001

Esteban D, Whelan S, Laudico A and Parkin DM editors. International Agency for Research on Cancer World Health Organization and International Association of Cancer Registries: Manual for cancer registry personnel. IARC Technical Report No 10. Lyon: IARC,1995


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