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Alternate Name
Item#
Length
Source of Standard
Column #
Date Started (pre 96 CoC)
Date of First Course Treatment (CoC)
Date of 1st Crs RX--CoC
1270
8
CoC
1446-1453
Description
Date of initiation of the first therapy for the cancer being reported, using the CoC definition of first course. The date of first treatment includes the date a decision was made not to treat the patient. See FORDS for details. See Chapter V, Unresolved Issues for further discussion of the difference between SEER and CoC items. See Chapter X for date format. Use Date 1st Crs RX CoC Flag [1271] if there is no appropriate or known date for this item.
Formerly Date of 1st Crs RX--CoC.
Clarification of NPCR Required Status
Central registries funded by NPCR are required to collect either Date Initial RX SEER [1260] or Date 1st Crs RX CoC [1270].