Item # Length Source of Standard Year Implemented Version Implemented Year Retired Version Retired Column #
764 1 SEER 2018 16 987 - 987

NAACCR XML: Tumor.summaryStage2018

Alternate Names
   Directly Assigned SS2018
Description
This item stores the directly assigned Summary Stage 2018. Effective for cases diagnosed 1/1/2018+.
Rationale
The SEER program has collected staging information on cases since its inception in 1973. Summary Stage groups cases into broad categories of in situ, local, regional, and distant. Summary Stage can be used to evaluate disease spread at diagnosis, treatment patterns and outcomes over time.
Note: This data item was included in Standards Volume II, Version 16; however, it was not implemented until 2018.
Codes
0 In situ
1 Localized
2 Regional, direct extension only
3 Regional, regional lymph nodes only
4 Regional, direct extension and regional lymph nodes
7 Distant
8 Benign, borderline
9 Unknown if extension or metastasis (unstaged, unknown, or unspecified)
Death certificate only case