Organization

Field Name

ID

Required

KCR

Grade Post Therapy Path (yp)

30138

yes 

SEER

Grade Post Therapy Path (yp)

3845

yes 

Note 1 Leave post therapy grade blank when

  • No neoadjuvant therapy
  • Clinical or pathological case only
  • Neoadjuvant therapy completed; surgical resection not done
  • There is only one grade available and it cannot be determined if it is clinical, pathological, post therapy clinical or post therapy pathological

Note 2 Assign the highest grade from the resected primary tumor assessed after the completion of neoadjuvant therapy.

Note 3 If there are multiple tumors with different grades abstracted as one primary, code the highest grade.

Note 4 Use the grade from the post therapy clinical work up from the primary tumor in different scenarios based on behavior or surgical resection

  • Behavior
  • Tumor behavior for the post therapy clinical and the post therapy pathological diagnoses are the same AND the post therapy clinical grade is the highest grade
  • Tumor behavior for post therapy clinical diagnosis is invasive, and the tumor behavior for the post therapy pathological diagnosis is in situ
  • Surgical Resection
  • Surgical resection is done of the primary tumor after neoadjuvant therapy is completed and there is no grade documented from the surgical resection
  • Surgical resection is done of the primary tumor after neoadjuvant therapy is completed and there is no residual cancer

Note 5 Code 9 (unknown) when

  • Surgical resection is done after neoadjuvant therapy and grade from the primary site is not documented
  • Surgical resection is done after neoadjuvant therapy and there is no residual cancer
  • Grade checked “not applicable” on CAP Protocol (if available) and no other grade information is available

Code

Description

A

Well differentiated

B

Moderately differentiated

C

Poorly differentiated

D

Undifferentiated, anaplastic

9

Grade cannot be assessed; Unknown

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See Note 1