Race/Spanish Surname or Origin: How are Race 1 and Spanish
Surname or Origin coded for the following race/ethnicity statements: "INDIGENOUS-LATINO/A
OR INDIGENOUS-LATINX" and "FIRST NATIONS"? See Discussion.
Solid Tumor
Rules/Multiple Primaries--Testis: How many primaries and what M Rule applies
when metastatic seminoma is diagnosed greater than 40 years after a left
testicular teratoma with yolk sac tumor and embryonal carcinoma? See
Discussion.
Solid Tumor Rules/Histology--Lung: How is histology coded and which H Rule applies for a lung adenocarcinoma when the greatest percentage of the adenocarcinoma is stated to be, "solid; complex glands (cribriform and fused glands) (50%)"? See Discussion.
Immunotherapy/Other
Therapy--Heme & Lymphoid Neoplasms: Is the elimination of immunosuppression
treatment coded as other treatment? An example is when a post-transplant
patient develops a malignant myeloproliferative neoplasm that subsides when
immunosuppression drugs are stopped.
Sequence Number--Central/Reportability--Heme &
Lymphoid Neoplasms: Is a hematolymphoid disease included in the sequencing if it
was not reportable at the time of diagnosis?
Reportability/Behavior:
Our registry collects some borderline (behavior /1) cases that are not
reportable to SEER or any other standard setters. Can we assign a behavior code
of /2 to these cases?
Reportability/Histology--Heme
& Lymphoid Neoplasms: Is a diagnosis of myeloid stem cell disorder or
myeloid stem cell neoplasm reportable when the differential diagnosis includes
only reportable neoplasms? If so, how should histology be coded? See Discussion.
Solid Tumor Rules/Histology--Fallopian Tube: How is histology coded for a high-grade serous carcinoma with admixed yolk sac tumor of the right fallopian tube? See Discussion.