Pediatric Mets

This input is used for staging

Notes

**Note:** Code 00 for benign (behavior /0) and borderline (behavior /1) tumors.

Default

99

NAACCR Item

NAACCR #9625
Code Description
00 No distant metastasis
10 Distant lymph node(s)
70 Metastasis within CNS and CSF pathways "Drop" metastasis Metastasis outside the CNS Extra-neural metastasis Carcinomatosis Distant metastasis WITH or WITHOUT distant lymph node(s) Distant metastasis, NOS
99 Unknown; distant metastasis not stated Not documented in medical record Death Certificate Only
(1) Aitken JF, Youlden D, O’Neill L, Gupta S, Frazier AL, eds. Childhood cancer staging for population registries according to the Toronto Childhood Cancer Stage Guidelines – Version 2. Cancer Council Queensland and Cancer Australia: Brisbane, Australia; 2021.