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Notes:
M CATEGORY (FINAL PRETREATMENT) is a classification, using a TNM CODING EDITION, of the absence or presence of distant metastases before treatment. 

This data element is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	M CATEGORIES (FINAL PRETREATMENT)
fullname	METASTASIS CATEGORY (FINAL PRETREATMENT)