CANCER TREATMENT MODALITY

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For specific National Code usage, see CANCER TREATMENT MODALITY.

Code	Description
01	Surgery (Retired 1 October 2020)
02	Anti-Cancer Drug Regimen (Cytotoxic Chemotherapy)
03	Anti-Cancer Drug Regimen (Hormone Therapy)
04	Chemoradiotherapy
05	Teletherapy (Beam Radiation excluding Proton Therapy)
06	Brachytherapy
07	Specialist Palliative Care
08	Active Monitoring (excluding Non-Specialist Palliative Care)
09	Non-Specialist Palliative Care (excluding Active Monitoring)
10	Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA)
11	High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU)
12	Cryotherapy
13	Proton Therapy
14	Anti-Cancer Drug Regimen (other)
15	Anti-Cancer Drug Regimen (Immunotherapy)
16	Light Therapy (including Photodynamic Therapy and Psoralen and Ultraviolet A Therapy (PUVA))
17	Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
18	Other Treatment (Retired 1 July 2012)
19	Radioisotope Therapy (including Radioiodine)
20	Laser Treatment (including Argon Beam therapy)
21	Biological Therapies (excluding Immunotherapy)
22	Radiosurgery
23	Surgery (excluding enabling treatment)
24	Surgery (enabling treatment)
97	Other treatment (not listed)
98	All treatment declined

This data element is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
Plural	CANCER TREATMENT MODALITIES

Type	Link	How used
Data Set	National Cancer Waiting Times Monitoring Data Set	references in description CANCER TREATMENT MODALITY
Data Element	CANCER TREATMENT MODALITY	references in description CANCER TREATMENT MODALITY
Supporting Information	National Cancer Waiting Times Monitoring Data Set Scenarios	references in description CANCER TREATMENT MODALITY