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References:

SEER EOD-88, 3rd Ed, 3-4

Question:

EOD-Size of Primary Tumor: Can you code the known size of the residual tumor in a further resected specimen if the size of the tumor in a prior excisional biopsy is unknown? See discussion.

Discussion:

Excisional biopsy is done prior to admission and the tumor size is unknown. Pt is admitted for a mastectomy and the residual tumor size is 5 mm.

Answer:

For cases diagnosed between 1998-2003:

Code the EOD-Size of Primary Tumor field to 999 [unknown]. The majority of the tumor would have been removed during excisional biopsy and it is possible that the tumor could have been quite large.

Cancer Site Category:

N/A

Data Item Category:

N/A

Other Category:

N/A

Year:

2001