Notes:
START DATE (BRACHYTHERAPY TREATMENT COURSE) is the same as the attribute ACTIVITY DATE where the ACTIVITY DATE TIME TYPE is National Code 31 'Start Date' of the Brachytherapy Treatment Course. This should be recorded if the first definitive treatment is brachytherapy.

START DATE (BRACHYTHERAPY TREATMENT COURSE) is the START DATE of the Brachytherapy Treatment Course which is a Brachytherapy Treatment Course where the Planned Cancer Treatment is for PLANNED CANCER TREATMENT TYPE National Code 06 'Brachytherapy' 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.

Start Date is an ACTIVITY DATE where ACTIVITY DATE TIME TYPE is National Code 31 'Start Date'.

Brachytherapy Treatment Course is a CLINICAL INTERVENTION where CLINICAL INTERVENTION TYPE is National Code 06 'Brachytherapy Treatment Course'.

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 (BRACHYTHERAPY TREATMENT COURSE)