Notes:
START DATE (ANTI-CANCER DRUG REGIMEN) is the same as the attribute ACTIVITY DATE where the ACTIVITY DATE TIME TYPE is National Code 31 'Start Date' of the Anti-Cancer Drug Regimen.

This should be recorded if the first definitive treatment is chemotherapy and/or other anti-cancer drug treatments.

START DATE (ANTI-CANCER DRUG REGIMEN) is the ACTIVITY DATE of the Anti-Cancer Drug Programme where the Planned Cancer Treatment is for PLANNED CANCER TREATMENT TYPE National Code 03 'Chemotherapy' or 04 'Hormone therapy' and FIRST DEFINITIVE TREATMENT PROVIDED is classification a. 'first definitive treatment provided'.

From 01 January 2009, this data element is no longer used in the National Cancer Waiting Times Monitoring Data Set.  It may still be used in other data sets or collected locally if required.

Anti-Cancer Drug Regimen is a CLINICAL INTERVENTION where CLINICAL INTERVENTION TYPE is National Code 05 'Anti-Cancer Drug Regimen'.

Anti-Cancer Drug Programme is a CLINICAL INTERVENTION where CLINICAL INTERVENTION TYPE is National Code 04 'Anti-Cancer Drug Programme'.

Planned Cancer Treatment is a PLANNED ACTIVITY where PLANNED ACTIVITY TYPE is National Code 02 'Cancer Treatment'.

This data element is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	START DATES (ANTI-CANCER DRUG REGIMEN)