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        Item #
        Length
        Source of Standard
        Year Implemented
        Version Implemented
        Year Retired
        Version Retired
        Column #
    
    
        1022
        15
        AJCC
        2018
        18
        
        
        1237 - 1251
    



NAACCR XML: Tumor.ajccTnmPostTherapyN




Description
Detailed site-specific codes for the postneoadjuvant therapy nodes (N) as defined by AJCC.

Clinical, pathological, and postneoadjuvant therapy stage data are given three separate areas in the NAACCR Data Exchange Record Layout.

Rationale
CoC requires that AJCC TNM staging be used in its approved cancer programs. AJCC developed its staging system for evaluating trends in the treatment and control of cancer. This staging is used by physicians to estimate prognosis, to plan treatment, to evaluate new types of therapy, to analyze outcome, to design follow-up strategies, and to assess early detection results.

Identifies the absence or presence of regional lymph node (N) metastasis and describes the extent of lymph node metastasis of the tumor known known following the completion of neoadjuvant therapy (satisfying the definition for that disease site) and planned postneoadjuvant therapy surgical resection.

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

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

Note: See the AJCC 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.

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