On the pathway to a diagnosis of sarcoma, the PATIENT may have undergone a number of procedures. This is the condition of the tumour as first seen by a sarcoma specialist.

National codes:

UT	Untouched
NB	Needle Biopsy
OB	Open Biopsy
EX	Excision
LR	Local recurrence
NR	Not referred
9	Not known

References:
National Cancer Data Set Version 2.1_ISB October 2002 

This attribute is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	SARCOMA CONDITIONS FIRST SEEN