This is an indicator that the PLANNED CANCER TREATMENT was provided as the first definitive treatment or intervention which was intended to remove or shrink a cancer tumour, to enable an anti-cancer treatment and/or to palliate the effects of the cancer.

Classification:

a.	first definitive treatment provided
b.	not first definitive treatment provided

References: The NHS National Cancer Waiting Times, DH, DSCN 22/2002.

 

This attribute is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	FIRST DEFINITIVE TREATMENT PROVIDED