Organization

Field Name

ID

Required

KCR

AJCC TNM Post Therapy Clin (yc) T (AjccTnmPostTherapyClinT)

33172

Yes

AJCC

AJCC TNM Post Therapy Clin (yc) T

1062

Yes


Description

Evaluates the primary tumor (T) and reflects the tumor size and/or extension of the tumor known following the completion of neoadjuvant therapy (satisfying the definition for that disease site) and before planned post-neoadjuvant therapy surgical resection.

Rationale

The CoC requires that AJCC TNM staging be used in its accredited cancer programs. The CoC requires use of the current AJCC Staging System in its accredited program cancer registries when the planned post- neoadjuvant therapy surgery has been canceled. The AJCC developed this staging system for evaluating trends in the treatment and control of cancer. This staging system is used by physicians to estimate prognosis, plan treatment, evaluate new types of therapy, analyze outcomes, design follow-up strategies, and to assess early detection results.


Codes (in addition to those published in the AJCC 8th edition Cancer Staging Manual)

CodeDescription
88Not applicable, no code assigned for this case in the current AJCC Staging Manual.
BlankThis field is left blank if no information at all is available to code this item.


Note: See the AJCC 8th edition Cancer Staging Manual, current edition for site-specific categories for the TNM categories and stage groups. See the CURRENT STORE manual for specifications for codes and data entry rules.

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