Organization | Field Name | ID | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
KCR | Directly Coded Summ Stg 2018 (DirCodedSummStg2018) | 30726 | no |
NAACCR | SEER Summary Stage 2018 | no |
Field length: 1
Description
This item stores the directly assigned Summary Stage 2018. Effective for cases diagnosed 01/01/2018 forward. Please see Summary Stage 2018 Manual for specific schema information or refer to SEER*RSA for additional information.
Rationale
The SEER program has collected staging information on cases since its inception in 1973. Summary Stage groups cases into broad categories of in situ, local, regional, and distant. Summary Stage can be used to evaluate disease spread at diagnosis, treatment patterns and outcomes over time.
Note: This data item was included in Standards Volume II, Version 16; however, it was not implemented until 2018.
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| 0 | In situ |
| 1 | Localized only |
| 2 | Regional by direct extension only |
| 3 | Regional lymph nodes only |
| 4 | Regional by BOTH direct extension AND lymph node involvement |
| 7 | Distant site(s)/node(s) involved |
| 8 | Benign/borderline* |
| 9 | Unknown if extension or metastasis (unstaged, unknown, or unspecified) Death certificate only case |
*Applicable for the following Summary Stage 2018 chapters: Brain, CNS Other, Intracranial Gland, Medulloblastoma.
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