An indicator of the presence or absence of metastases in a marker lymph node that is of therapeutic and prognostic importance relating to a CANCER CARE SPELL.

For breast cancer, the marker lymph node will be the sentinal node.

For colorectal cancer, the marker lymph node will be the apical node.

National codes:

N	Marker lymph node 1 negative
Y	Marker lymph node 1 positive present

References:
National Cancer Data Set Version 1.3_ISB October 2002

 

This attribute is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	MARKER_LYMPH_NODE_RESULTS