SEER Inquiry System - Report
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Question 20000469
Inquiry Details
References:
#1: SEER Program Code Man, 3rd Ed, 133
#2: 2004 SEER Manual, 182-183
Question:
Reason for No Cancer-Directed Surgery--Lung: How do you code this field for a lung primary that presents with metastasis to the bone and brain in which the oncologist's treatment plan includes only radiation and chemotherapy?
Discussion:
Answer:
Code the Reason for No Cancer-Directed Surgery field to 1 [Cancer-Directed Surgery Not Recommended].
Cancer Site Category:
Lung
Data Item Category:
Reason no treatment
Other Category:
N/A
Year:
2000