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| Source Variables
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| Variable |
Meaning
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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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| Patient Variables
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| Variable |
Meaning
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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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| Technical Variables
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| Variable |
Meaning
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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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| Oncological Variables
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| Variable |
Meaning
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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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| Variable added by the BCR
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| Variable |
Meaning
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| cTNM |
Staging parameter indicating the extent of the tumour after clinical diagnosis
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