Chemotherapy is the treatment of cancer using specific chemical agents or drugs that are selectively destructive to malignant cells and tissues (Stedman's Medical Dictionary). This class indicates whether the patient received some sort of chemotherapy as part of their cancer treatment.

Attributes
«CS» Code	chemotherapy	Indicates the type of chemotherapy administered as first course of treatment or subsequent treatment at this and at all other facilities. If chemotherapy was not administered, then this item records the reason it was not administered to the patient. Chemotherapy consists of a group of anticancer drugs that inhibit the reproduction of cancer cells by interfering with DNA synthesis and mitosis. Possible values are None; Chemotherapy, NOS; Single agent; Multiagent; Not admin/contraindicated; Pt died prior to tx; Not admin, no reason given; Refused by pt; Unknown if admin; Unknown, death cert; etc.

Attributes inherited from  FHIM::OncologyRegistry::CancerTreatment

treatmentDate,  treatmentFacility

 chemotherapy

Public «CS» Code chemotherapy

Indicates the type of chemotherapy administered as first course of treatment or subsequent treatment at this and at all other facilities. If chemotherapy was not administered, then this item records the reason it was not administered to the patient. Chemotherapy consists of a group of anticancer drugs that inhibit the reproduction of cancer cells by interfering with DNA synthesis and mitosis. Possible values are None; Chemotherapy, NOS; Single agent; Multiagent; Not admin/contraindicated; Pt died prior to tx; Not admin, no reason given; Refused by pt; Unknown if admin; Unknown, death cert; etc.

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Aggregation	None
Alias
Association
Association End
Class	Chemotherapy
Datatype
Default
Default Value
Is Composite	false
Is Derived	false
Is Derived Union	false
Is Leaf	false
Is Ordered	false
Is Read Only	false
Is Static	false
Is Unique	true
Keywords
Lower	1
Lower Value	(1)
Multiplicity	1
Name	chemotherapy
Name Expression
Namespace	Chemotherapy
Opposite
Owner	Chemotherapy
Owning Association
Owning Template Parameter
Qualified Name	FHIM::OncologyRegistry::Chemotherapy::chemotherapy
Stereotype
Template Parameter
Type	«CS» Code
Upper	1
Upper Value	(1)
Visibility	Public