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References:

SEER EOD-88, 3rd Ed, 111. January 1998

Question:

EOD-Lymph Nodes--Breast: When isolated tumor cells are found in an axillary lymph node, should lymph node involvement be coded to 0 [no lymph node involvement] or 1 [micrometastasis (less than or equal to 0.2 cm)]?

Discussion:

Answer:

For cases diagnosed prior to 2004: Code the EOD-Lymph Node field to 0 [No lymph node involvement] when regional lymph nodes are negative, even if there are positive isolated tumor cells (ITC).

Cancer Site Category:

Breast

Data Item Category:

N/A

Other Category:

N/A

Year:

2004