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LS variable metadata
| BEHAVCC |
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| Table | CANC Cancer registrations |
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| Short description | Behaviour of growth ICD-O |
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| Source | Cancer registration data collected by OPCS/ONS through the cancer registration scheme of England and Wales |
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| Code notes | Malignant = 3, 6, 9. Non-Malignant = 0, 1, 2 |
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Variable coding
| Value | Label |
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| -8 | Not coded (before 19790101 or after 19941231) |
| 0 | benign |
| 1 | uncertain whether benign or malignant |
| 2 | carcinoma in situ |
| 3 | malignant, primary site |
| 6 | malignant, metastatic/secondary site |
| 9 | malignant, uncertain whether primary or metastatic site |
| -8 | Not applicable on event date |
| -9 | Missing |
References
| Refnum | Reference |
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| 754 | See LS Technical Volume (Hattersley and Creeser, 1995) page 344 (shows cancer registration abstract), page 25, pp. 97-98, pp. 104-105 (comparability of data), page 125 and pp. 138-141 (data quality). |
| 305 | Events Appendix 4b |
Additional information
| Value | Label |
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| id | 80 |
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| m204name | PAABCANC |
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| fullname | (CANC)BEHAVCC |
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| description | Single digit from the ICD-O morphology code describing behaviour of growth |
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| codedas | |
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| source | Cancer registration data collected by OPCS/ONS through the cancer registration scheme of England and Wales |
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| derived | N |
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| codelist | Y |
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| notes | 1988 onwards 'Behavior of Neoplasm' known as 'Behaviour of Growth'.
Mandatory from 1993 onwards. |
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| restricted | N |
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| format | Numeric |
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| length | 1 |
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| occurs | 2 |
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| startdate | 19790101 |
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| enddate | 19941231 |
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| keyword | Diagnosis |
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| classification | |
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| comvarind | |
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| comvartime | |
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| field0 | CANC |
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