ONS Minimum Cancer Dataset
Hospital Episode Statistics | National Clinical Audit Data
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) prepares national cancer registration statistics for England. An extract of this dataset is included in the National Cancer Data Repository, allowing reconcilation to the official national statistics.
The specification for this extract is shown below.
| Field name | Description of contents | Format |
|---|
| DOB |
Patient date of birth |
varchar(8)/YYYYMMDD (missing values replaced with &) |
| DOD |
Patient date of death |
varchar(8)/YYYYMMDD (missing values replaced with &) |
| DOEXIT |
Patient date of exit |
varchar(8)/YYYYMMDD (missing values replaced with &) |
| ETHNIC |
Patient ethnicity |
varchar(1) |
| MIND |
Mulitple Tumour Indicator |
varchar(1) |
| PERNO |
Patient identifier |
varchar(8) |
| SEX |
Patient gender |
varchar(1) |
| TRACEIND |
Trace Indicator |
varchar(50) |
| BASDIAG |
Basis of diagnosis |
varchar(1) |
| CANREG |
Cancer registry submitting registration |
varchar(4) |
| CANREGNO |
Cancer registry tumour identifier |
varchar(7) |
| DCO |
Death certificate only registration |
varchar(1) |
| DOANNMD |
Month and day of diagnosis |
varchar(4) |
| DOANNYR |
Year of diagnosis |
varchar(4) |
| GRADE |
Grade of tumour |
varchar(1) |
| GROWTHBE |
Growth behaviour of tumour |
varchar(1) |
| PCDR |
Patient postcode |
varchar(7) inward/outward postcode IIIIOOO no space in 7 character postcodes |
| PERNO2 |
Patient identifier |
varchar(8) |
| REGSCREN |
Marker for screen detected tumours |
varchar(7) |
| SIDE |
Tumour laterality |
varchar(1) |
| SITEGROW |
Tumour site |
varchar(4) |
| STAGE |
Tumour staging |
varchar(4) |
| STATIND |
Status indicator |
varchar(1) |
| TRTCHEM |
Chemotherapy treatment marker |
varchar(1) |
| TRTHORML |
Hormone therapy treatment marker |
varchar(1) |
| TRTOTHER |
Other treatment marker |
varchar(1) |
| TRTRADIO |
Radiotherapy treatment marker |
varchar(1) |
| TRTSURG |
Surgical treatment marker |
varchar(10 |
| TYPEGROW |
Tumour morphology |
varchar(4) |
|
NHSNONEW (Eng only)
|
Patient NHS number |
varchar(15) |
| DOD_isdate |
Valid date of death marker |
integer |
| DOD_format |
Formatted date of death |
datetime |
| diag_date_isdate |
Valid diagnosis date marker |
integer |
| diag_date_format |
Formatted diagnosis date |
datetime |
| dob_isdate |
Valid date of birth marker |
integer |
| dob_format |
Formatted date of birth |
datetime |