An indication that the Planned Cancer Treatment is the planned First Definitive Treatment or intervention to be given which is intended to remove or shrink a cancer tumour, to enable an anti-cancer treatment and/or to palliate the effects of the cancer.
Classification:
| a. | First Definitive Treatment planned |
| b. | not First Definitive Treatment planned |
References:
The NHS National Cancer Waiting Times, Department of Health, Data Set Change Notice 22/2002.
This attribute is also known by these names:
| Context | Alias |
|---|---|
| plural | FIRST DEFINITIVE TREATMENTS PLANNED |