NSWOG Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer Minimum Data Set Extension v1.0 – Draft

29 Aug 2007
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The NSW Minimum Dataset for Clinical Cancer Registration is being collected in many public hospitals in NSW. The core cancer dataset describes cancer type, stage, treatment and quality of care for each cancer patient.

Concurrently, NSW Oncology Group is working to identify succinct dataset extensions as statewide standards, to complement the core dataset with additional measures and indicators specific to tumour streams.

Only data elements specific to upper gastrointestinal cancers are presented in this data dictionary. Additional data elements for all cancers are covered by the NSW Cancer Registry Data Dictionary and the NSW Clinical Cancer Data Dictionary.

Specifically this data dictionary will have relevance to:

  • Upper GI Cancer Clinicians
  • Clinical Cancer Registry Staff
  • Analysts of Clinical Cancer Registry data
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