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Required SEER Site-Specific Factors for Collaborative Stage

This valuable tool is color coded to highlight the site-specific factors (SSF) required for staging, obsolete SSF’s, clinically significant SSFs, as well as those not required.

v02.04

For cases diagnosed 1/1/2012 and forward:

Change Log From Version 02.03
Revision Date Schema Tab SSF Description of Change
12/1/2011 Blue shading for definition of colors Alphabetical/Natural N/A Changed from "already collected" to "Already coded in CSv01"
1/24/2012 Lung Alphabetical/Natural 2 Fixed  the SSF name to read “Pleural/Elastic Layer Invasion (PL) by H and E or Elastic Stain
2/1/2012 Line 1 Alphabetical/Natural N/A Changed from: "CoC and SEER Required Site-Specific Factors (SSF) for Collaborative Staging Version 02.03 "to  "CoC and SEER Required Site-Specific Facotrs (SSF) for Collaborative Staging Version 02.04.
No changes in SSF requirements from v02.03 to v02.04

v02.03

For cases diagnosed 1/1/2011-12/31/2011:

Change Log From Version 02.02
Revision Date Schema Tab SSF Description of Change
12/22/2010 Breast Alphabetical/Natural 15 This SSF is now required
12/22/2010 MyelomaPlasmaCellDisorder Alphabetical/Natural 1,2,3 This is a new schema for v0203. SSF #1 is obsolete, SSF #2 and #3 are required
12/22/2010 KaposiSarcoma Alphabetical/Natural 2,3,4 SSF's 2-4 are new to v0203. They are not required by any of the standard setters
12/22/2010 Testis Alphabetical/Natural 11 As of version 0203, this SSF is obsolete
12/22/2010 Testis Alphabetical/Natural 12,14 These SSF's were added in v0203. They are not required by any of the standard setters
12/22/2010 Testis Alphabetical/Natural 13,15,16 These SSF's were added in v0203 and are required for staging
4/19/2011 EpiglottisAnterior Alphabetical/Natural 2 SSF was not highlighted, now highlighted gray since this is an obsolete data item
4/19/2011 Oropharynx Alphabetical/Natural 10 SSF was not highlighted, now highlighted green as on previous version
4/19/2011 BileDuctsIntrahepat Alphabetical/Natural 10 SSF was not highlighted in previous version. This SSF is required for staging and colored red.
4/19/2011 BileDuctsIntrahepat Alphabetical/Natural 11 SSF was not highlighted, now highlighted green as on previous version

v02.02

For cases diagnosed 1/1/2010-12/31/2010: