Editing Data Dictionary: The Belgian Virtual Tumourbank

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'''Table 1:''' Source variables.
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! Variables !! Description
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| Laboratory || Indicates the place where the samples are stored.
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| Creation date || Indicates when the data regarding the samples were registered in the BVTr database.
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| Update date || Indicates when the data regarding the samples was last updated
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| Reference ID || Internal unique identification number, used by the BCR internally and for communication with researchers.
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'''Table 2:''' Patient variables.
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! Variables !! Description 
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| SSIN || The social security identification number is a unique patient identification number. It allows linkage with other databases 
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| Gender || 
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| Age || 
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| Patient opposition || Indicates whether the patient opposed to the conservation and use of the residual material.
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'''Table 3:''' Technical variables.
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! Variables !! Description 
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| Sample ID || Unique identification number of a tumour sample in the local tumourbank
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| Biopsy number || This number corresponds to the pathology report of the tumour sample
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| Sample date || Indicates the date of sample prelevation
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| Conservation mode || Indicates the temperature and conditions under which samples are stored in the local biobank
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| Conservation delay || Indicates the time elapsed between the moment of prelevation and conservation of the sample
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| Vital state of the patient (at time of resection) || Indicates whether a sample originates from an autopsy or not.
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| Available materials || indicates the types of residual materials, other than the tumour tissue, that have been collected and stored within a short period after or before the tumour prelevation
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| Technical remarks || 
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'''Table 4:''' Oncological variables.
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! Variables !! Description
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| Sample type || Indicates whether the sample concerns a primary tumour, a metastasis, normal tissue or another sample type
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| Sample localisation || Corresponds to the anatomical localisation of the sample according to the ICD-O classification
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| Sample localisation primary tumour in case of metastasis || If the sample type indicated is a metastasis, the localisation of the primary tumour can be indicated, if available
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| Laterality || For paired organs, tumours can be located on the right or on the left side of the patient's body
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| Morphology || Indicates the tumour cell type (according to the ICD-O classification) and the behaviour of the tumour
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| Degree of differentiation || Corresponds to the degree of aggressiveness of the tumour
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| pTNM and pTNM prefix || Staging parameters indicating the extent of the tumour after resection
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| Oncological remarks || 
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| Other || Variables that are being stored by a local biobank and are not part of the standardised dataset of the Belgian Virtual Tumourbank. These variables are not registered
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'''Table 5:''' Variable added by the BCR.
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! Variable !! Description
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| cTNM || Staging parameter indicating the extent of the tumour after clinical diagnosis
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