NAACCR Item #1633: Neoadjuvant Therapy-Clinical Response

Item # Length Source of Standard Year Implemented Version Implemented Year Retired Version Retired
1,633 1 SEER 2021 21

NAACCR XML: Tumor.neoadjuvTherapyClinicalResponse

Description

This data item records the clinical outcomes of neoadjuvant therapy prior to planned surgical resection.

Rationale

This data items provides information related to the quality of care and describes the clinical outcomes after neoadjuvant therapy. This data item provides prognostically relevant information by quantifying the extent of therapy-induced tumor regression. Therefore, this item can provide a better risk stratification for patients who received neoadjuvant therapy. In addition, this data item can contribute to assessments of cancer care quality.

This data item records the clinical outcomes of neoadjuvant therapy as determined by the managing physician (oncologic surgeon, radiation oncologist or medical oncologist).

For the purposes of this data item, neoadjuvant therapy is defined as systemic treatment (chemotherapy, endocrine / hormone therapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy, or biological therapy) and/or radiation therapy given to shrink a tumor before surgical resection.

Codes

0Neoadjuvant therapy not given
1Complete clinical response (CR)(per managing/treating physician statement)
2Partial clinical response (PR) (per managing/treating physician statement)
3Progressive disease (PD)(per managing/treating physician statement)
4Stable disease (SD)(per managing/treating physician statement)
5No response (NR) (per managing/treating physician statement Not stated as progressive disease (PD) or stable disease (SD)
6Neoadjuvant therapy done, managing/treating physician interpretation not available, treatment response inferred from imaging, biomarkers, or yc stage
7Complete clinical response based on pathology report (per pathologist assessment)
8Neoadjuvant therapy done, response not documented or unknown
9Unknown if neoadjuvant therapy performed Death Certificate only (DCO)