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Question 20180065
Inquiry Details
References:
#1: 2018 SEER Manual, 149
#2: NAACCR Item #3270. RX Summ-Palliative Proc
Question:
Immunotherapy: Is immunotherapy ever palliative treatment according to any oncologists or SEER?
Discussion:
Answer:
Any treatment that destroys or modifies cancer tissue should be recorded as the appropriate type of treatment -- chemo, immuno, etc. Even if immunotherapy is given for symptoms/palliative treatment, it is likely to kill off tumor cells.
Cancer Site Category:
N/A
Data Item Category:
Immunotherapy
Other Category:
N/A
Year:
2018
