Treatment Notes

Field Length:  1000

This field is available with each of the therapy types: surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, etc. It is an optional text field in which you may wish to record notes about a specific therapeutic occurrence or regimen. For chemotherapy, hormone and immunotherapy, enter the names or abbreviations (separated by a comma) of the treatment agents used. A list of names and accepted abbreviations is available in SEER Rx and Appendix H.  A list of common abbreviations for combination regimens of therapy is also included in SEER Rx and Appendix H.

Use this field to code 'PALL' for palliative surgery, radiation, or chemotherapy.