Code for the behavior of the tumor being reported using ICD-O-3. NAACCR adopted ICD-O-3 as the standard coding system for tumors diagnosed beginning January 1, 2001, and later recommended that prior cases be converted from ICD-O-2. See Behavior (92-00) ICD-O-2 [430], for ICD-O-2 codes. Juvenile astrocytoma is coded as borderline in ICD-O-3, North American registries report as 9421/3... NAACCR Data Standards and Data Dictionary Version 11
status
ACTIVE
Fully-Specified Name
component
Behavior ICD-O-3
property
Prid = Presence or identity: Prid stands for “Presence or identity”, is used for assays that detect whether or not an analyte of a particular kind is present, and if it is, to identify the specific analyte.
time
Pt = Point in time: To identify measures at a point in time. This is a synonym for “spot” or “random” as applied to urine measurements.
system
Cancer.XXX
scale
Nom = Nominal: Nominal or categorical responses that do not have a natural ordering. (e.g., names of bacteria, reported as answers, categories of appearance that do not have a natural ordering, such as, yellow, clear, bloody.
method
Additional Names
short name
CA; Identity or presence; III; International Classification of Diseases; International Classification of Diseases for Oncology; Misc; Miscellaneous; Nominal; Oncology; Other; Point in time; Random; Spec; To be specified in another part of the message; TUM