Data Dictionary: Czech Republic's National Cancer Registry

1. Data related to the patient's health status in relation to his illness

2. Data on the neoplasm

date of diagnosis
diagnosis (verbal), code of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, as amended by the tenth revision (ICD-10)
diagnosis established on the basis of (clinically clear; clinical examination; laboratory examination, markers; cytology; histology of metastasis; histology of the primary tumor; autopsy; DCO = information about the tumor is not in the medical documentation, but is indicated only on the Certificate of examination of the deceased)
morphology – verbal description, determined by the method of histology/cytology
laterality (right, left, bilateral, omitted, unknown)
TNM classification for describing the anatomical extent of the disease: primary tumor extent (T), absence or presence and extent of metastases in regional lymph nodes (N) and absence or presence of distant metastases (M)
pTNM classification - postoperative histopathological classification based on findings obtained during surgery and pathological examination (pT, pN, number of examined and number of positive nodes, pM); the sign "y" is indicated in case of examination during or after neoadjuvant treatment; for selected diagnoses, other specific markers listed in the TNM classification are mentioned
localization of metastases
clinical stage
extent of disease (localized, advanced, unknown)

3. Identification of the reporting healthcare facility

ID number, PČZ, PČDP, dept.
The reporting workplace - diagnosed a neoplasm / treats a patient with a neoplasm