PC 2002 - prostate cancer - data structure and protocols

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Specification of PC 2002 'pink form' format

Item Description FORTRAN Columns Details Abbreviation
Trial/stratum identifying code  I6  1 - 6  Trial 
1 Study identifying code I6 8 - 13 Study
2 Study centre code I3 15 - 17 Centre
Patient identifier (or sequence number)  A12  19 - 30 Patient 
Randomisation date  I8  32 - 39  DDMMYYYY  Rand. Date 
5 Treatment group allocated (as on master list)  I1  41  Trt. Grp 
Entry age  I2  43 - 44  years  Age 
Stage T  I1  46 
Value Description Abbreviation
T0  T0 
T1  T1 
T2  T2 
T3  T3 
T4  T4 
6 Tx Tx
 
Stage T 
Stage N  I1  48 
Value Description Abbreviation
N0  N0 
N1  N1 
N2  N2 
N3  N3 
N4  N4 
6 Nx Nx
 
Stage N 
Stage M  I1  50 
Value Description Abbreviation
M0  M0 
M1  M1 
3 Mx Mx
4 VA I-III or M VA I-III/M
5 VA IV or M VA IV/M
 
Stage M 
10  Stage USA  I1  52 
Value Description Abbreviation
C1  C1 
C2  C2 
D1  D1 
D2  D2 
 
Stage USA 
11 Date died or last traced  I8  54 - 61  DDMMYYYY  L.F.U. 
12  State when last traced  I1  63 
Value Description Abbreviation
Alive  Alive 
Dead  Dead 
Lost  Lost 
 
State 
13  ICD revision I2  65 - 66  ICDRev 
14  Cause of death (ICD)  A5  68 - 72  D.ICD 
15  Cause of death  I2  73 - 74 
Value Description Abbreviation
Iatrogenic 
Other neoplasm 
Cardiovascular 
Not 1,4,5 or prostate cancer 
10  Not prostate cancer 
11  Prostate cancer 
12  Unascertainable cause 
 
Death 
16 Investigator's death cause A2 76 - 77 I.Death
17 Gleason grade A4 79 - 82 Grade
18 Progression date I8 84 - 91 DDMMYYYY Prog. Date
19 Progression I1 93
Value Description Abbreviation
No No
2 Yes Yes
 
Progress.
20 Deferred treatment date I8 95 - 102 DDMMYYYY DefTt.Date
21  Name and comments  104 - end  Name 
Missing or unknown items are left blank or set to zero.


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