TREATMENT START DATE (RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT COURSE)
 Related DSCN/ISN
Description Where Used

Format/length:see DATE 
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Notes:
This is the DATE that treatment for a PATIENT's condition using a RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT MODALITY started.

Where the treatment is being undertaken as part of a Cancer Treatment Period, where the CANCER TREATMENT MODALITY is National Code 05 'Teletherapy' or 06 'Brachytherapy', the TREATMENT START DATE (RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT COURSE) is the same as the TREATMENT START DATE (CANCER).

 

This data element is also known by these names:
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pluralTREATMENT START DATES (RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT COURSES)