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 only
2	Regional by direct extension only
3	Regional lymph nodes only
4	Regional by BOTH direct extension AND regional lymph node involvement
7	Distant site(s)/node(s) involved
8	Benign/borderline*
9	Unknown if extension or metastasis (unstaged, unknown, or unspecified) Death certificate only case

*Applicable for the following SS2018 chapters: Brain, CNS Other, Intracranial Gland.

Note: For SS2018, code 5 for “Regional, NOS” can no longer be coded. Code 5 (Regional, NOS) is still applicable.