[afro-nets] RFI: ICD-10 for Cancer full list (4)

["Dr Brian Pazvakavambwa" <PazvakavambwaB@zw.afro.who.int>]

RFI: ICD-10 for Cancer full list (4)
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Dear Dr Shamim ul Moula

Please note that I am not a specialist in ICD-10 or ICD-O-3. Please also note that I am not aware of any other downloadabled software programs customized other than abstract plus. Hopefully others on the list may be able to help.

With regards to ICD-O-3, below is the information that I got from the WHO ICD web-site (at http://www.who.int/classifications/icd/adaptations/oncology/en/index.html). ICD-O-3 is the International Classification of Diseases for Oncology, 3rd Edition (ICD-O-3), which is used principally in tumour or cancer registries for coding the site (topography) and the histology (morphology) of neoplasms, usually obtained from a pathology report. It is a bi-axial classification of the site and type of neoplasms. The topography axis uses the ICD-10 classification of malignant neoplasms (except those categories which relate to secondary neoplasms and to specified morphological types of tumours) for all types of tumours, thereby providing greater site detail for nonmalignant tumours than is provided in ICD-10. An additional (non-ICD-10) topography code is provided to enable the site of haematopoietic and reticuloendothelial tumours to be identified. The morphology axis provides five-digit codes ranging from M-8000/0 to M-9989/3. The first four digits indicate the specific histological term. The fifth digit after the slash or solidus (/) is a behaviour code which indicates whether a tumour is malignant, benign, in situ, or uncertain whether benign or malignant. A separate one-digit code is also provided for histologic grading or differentiation. 

For more information, including requesting for a downloadable version of ICD-O-3, please contact IARC, a department within WHO:
Dr DM Parkin
International Agency for Research on Cancer
150, cours Albert Thomas 
69372 Lyon Cedex 08 
France
Telephone: +33 4 72 73 84 85; Fax: +33 4 72 73 85 75
E-mail: mailto:parkin@iarc.fr
        mailto:whelan@iarc.fr

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Dr Brian Pazvakavambwa (MBChB, MPH)
WHO Regional Office for Africa (WHO AFRO)
HIV Intercountry Support Team for Southern and Eastern Africa
Harare, Zimbabwe
mailto:pazvakavambwab@zw.afro.who.int