Treatment (Set 1)
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(Reference: SEER Program Coding and Staging Manual 2004 (PDF), pgs 169-201 and Appendix C for Surgery of Primary Site codes; FORDS Manual (PDF), pgs 129-191 and Appendix B for Surgery of Primary Site codes.)
The first cancer-directed therapy (treatment given in an attempt to destroy or modify cancer tissue) was chemotherapy
No surgery of primary site. A biopsy was done of the bladder wall tumor. The biopsy was not stated to be excisional.
Code the most extensive surgery if the patient has multiple surgical procedures of the primary site.
No regional lymph nodes removed or aspirated .
Non-primary surgical procedure to distant lymph node (right inguinal lymph node biopsy)
Surgery of the primary site was not performed; it was recommended by the patient’s physician, but was refused by the patient.