Alternate Name	Item#	Length	Source of Standard	Column #
Other Treatment (CoC) Other Cancer-Directed Therapy (SEER/pre-96 CoC)	1420	1	SEER/CoC	1591-1591

Description
Identifies other treatment given at all facilities that cannot be defined as surgery, radiation, or systemic therapy according to the defined data items in this manual. Treatment for reportable hematopoietic diseases can be supportive care, observation, or any treatment that does not meet the usual definition in which treatment modifies, controls, removes, or destroys proliferating cancer tissue. Such treatments include phlebotomy, transfusions, and aspirin.

Rationale
Information on other therapy is used to describe and evaluate the quality-of-care and treatment practices.

Codes (Refer to the most recent version of FORDS for additional coding instructions)

0	None
1	Other
2	Other Experimental
3	Other-Double Blind
6	Other-Unproven
7	Refusal
8	Recommended
9	Unknown; unknown if administered