Item # Length Source of Standard Year Implemented Version Implemented Year Retired Version Retired
1,240 8 CoC

NAACCR XML: Tumor.rxDateBrm

Alternate Names
   Date Immunotherapy Started (CoC)
   RX Date--BRM
Description

Date of initiation for immunotherapy (a.k.a. biological response modifier) that is part of the first course of treatment. See also RX Summ--BRM [1410]. See Data Descriptor Table for date format.

Formerly RX Date--BRM.

Rationale

The dates on which different treatment modalities were started are used to evaluate whether the treatments were part of first course of therapy and to reconstruct the sequence of first-course treatment modes.

Note: CoC discontinued support of this item from 2003 through 2009.