Organization

Field Name

ID

Required

KCR

Response to Neoadjuvant Therapy

34113

yes 

SEER

Response Neoadjuv Therapy

3922

yes 

Note 1 Clinician statement of Response to Neoadjuvant Therapy ("treatment effect") must be used to code this data item.

Note 2 For in situ tumors (behavior /2), code 0.

Note 3 Review the medical record for a specific statement by a clinician about the response to neoadjuvant therapy. Response is based on pathology report, imaging and clinical findings.

Note 4 Code 1 is to be used only when the physician states the response is "total" or "complete."

Code

Description

0

Neoadjuvant therapy not given

1

Stated as complete response (CR)

2

Stated as partial response (PR)

3

Stated as response to treatment, but not noted if complete or partial

4

Stated as no response (NR)

8

Not applicable: Information not collected for this case
(If this item is required by your standard setter, use of code 8 will result in an edit error.)

9

Not documented in medical record
Response to neoadjuvant therapy not assessed or unknown if assessed