m_stage #

The concept we in STRONG AYA refer to as “m_stage” is identifiable through shortcode ncit:C25727.
In standard vocabularies this shortcode refers to “M Category” and is defined as “One criteria of the TNM staging system. M refers to the presence of metastasis.”

m_stage values #

In STRONG AYA, this concept is recorded as “0”, “1” and “missing_or_unspecified”.

The value we in STRONG AYA refer to as “0” is identifiable through shortcode ncit:C48699.
In standard vocabularies this shortcode refers to “M0 TNM Finding” and is defined as “A distant metastasis TNM finding indicating that there is no evidence of distant metastasis.”

The value we in STRONG AYA refer to as “1” is identifiable through shortcode ncit:C48700.
In standard vocabularies this shortcode refers to “M1 TNM Finding” and is defined as “A clinical and/or pathologic distant metastasis TNM finding indicating the spread of cancer to distant anatomic sites.”

The value we in STRONG AYA refer to as “missing_or_unspecified” is identifiable through shortcode ncit:C54031.
In standard vocabularies this shortcode refers to “Missing” and is defined as “Not existing; not able to be found.”