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LS variable metadata
| TY3ACC |
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| Table | CANC Cancer registrations |
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| Short description | Histology of growth, OPCS Histological Classification of Malignant Tumours |
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| Source | Cancer registration data collected by OPCS through the cancer registration system of England and Wales |
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| Code notes | 1971-1978:
Numeric in the range 801-991 (Coded to Histological classification of malignant tumours). See LS events appendix 12
1979 onwards:
If anniversary year is 79+ type of growth will be Blank |
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Variable coding
| Value | Label |
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| -9 | Not applicable on event date |
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). |
| 316 | Events Appendix 12 |
Additional information
| Value | Label |
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| id | 175 |
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| m204name | PAABCANC |
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| fullname | (CANC)TY3ACC |
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| description | First three digits of the four digit OPCS Histological Classification of Malignant Tumours code describing histology of growth. |
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| codedas | |
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| source | Cancer registration data collected by OPCS through the cancer registration system of England and Wales |
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| derived | N |
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| codelist | Y |
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| restricted | N |
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| format | Text |
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| length | 3 |
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| occurs | 10 |
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| enddate | 19781231 |
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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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