09 October 2018

The dataset changes for 2018-19 are now live on the Clinical Audit Platform (CAP).

 The updated NBOCA dataset for 2018-19 The main change is the addition of a non-primary record, made up of three COSD data items

• CR6500: DateOfNonPrimaryCancerPathway
• CR6520*: RecurrenceOrMetastaticType
• CR6970: MetastaticSite

*CR6520 includes:

• 01 Local
• 02 Regional
• 03 Distant

The record has been introduced so the audit can collect data on recurrences (not progressions). Please note: • Historical recurrence data may be submitted but there must be an associated tumour record in CAP • Only recurrences relating to the first primary diagnosis of that cancer should be submitted. Local and loco-regional recurrences that are operated on at a different hospital to the hospital where the surgery for the primary cancer was performed can now be submitted (that is resections for loco-regional recurrence). These will then be captured through NBOCA as long as the record for the primary tumour was submitted to NBOCA by the hospital carrying out the primary surgery.

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