Dictionary v0.11c

April., 2015, Release 19

May 15, 2015

  • Added new term to donor.0.disease_status_last_followup.v1: "no evidence of disease".

April 20 2015

Change between 0.11b and 0.11c:

  • Changed cancer_history_first_degree_relative to "N/A Valid" (for DCC-only data).

April 10 2015

Change between 0.11a and 0.11b:

  • Added new term "Unknown" to family.0.relationship_sex.v1 CV list.
  • relationship_disease_icd10: Removed script restriction to allow 'N/A'
  • Updated therapy.0.therapy_type.v1 CV list (used by first_therapy_type and second_therapy_type tables) to include three additional therapies.

Changes to Specifications Since Version 0.10a (October., 2014) Revisions to Data Elements: Changes All Files

Data Element ID Comment
donor_id, specimen_id, analyzed_sample_id Added an MVEL script restriction to prevent ICGC-reserved prefixes from being used in identifier fields.

Donor Clinical File

Data Element ID Comment
prior_malignancy New clinical field for PCAWG data
cancer_type_prior_malignancy New clinical field for PCAWG data
donor_age_at_diagnosis, donor_age_at_enrollment, donor_age_at_last_followup Updated MVEL script to prevent donor age from being expressed in days
cancer_history_first_degree_relative Updated MVEL script to prevent donor age from being expressed in days

Specimen Clinical File

Data Element ID Comment
specimen_type_other MVEL script added to check for a required value if 'specimen_type' is indicated 'Normal - other', 'Primary tumour - other' or 'Recurrent tumour - other'
specimen_donor_treatment_type_other MVEL script added to check for required value if 'specimen_donor_treatment_type' is indicated 'other thearpy'

Donor Family Clinical File

Data Element ID Comment
donor_has_relative_with_cancer_history New clinical field for PCAWG data
relationship_type MVEL script added to check for a required value if 'cancer_history_first_degree_relative' is indicated as 'Yes'
relationship_type_other MVEL script added to check for a required value if 'relationship_type' is indicated as 'other'
relationship_sex MVEL script added to check for a required value if 'relationship_type' is specified
relationship_disease_icd10 MVEL script added to check for a required value if 'relationship_type' is specified
relationship_disease MVEL script added to check for a required value if 'relationship_type' is specified

Donor Exposure Clinical File

Data Element ID Comment
tobacco_smoking_history_indicator New clinical field for PCAWG data
tobacco_smoking_history_intensity New clinical field for PCAWG data
alcohol_history New clinical field for PCAWG data
alcohol_history_intensity New clinical field for PCAWG data

Donor Postresection Therapy Clinical File

Data Element ID Comment
first_therapy_start_interval New clinical field for PCAWG data
first_therapy_duration New clinical field for PCAWG data
first_therapy_type New clinical field for PCAWG data
first_therapy_response New clinical field for PCAWG data
first_therapy_therapeutic_intent New clinical field for PCAWG data
second_therapy_start_interval New clinical field for PCAWG data
second_therapy_duration New clinical field for PCAWG data
second_therapy_type New clinical field for PCAWG data
second_therapy_response New clinical field for PCAWG data
second_therapy_therapeutic_intent New clinical field for PCAWG data
other_therapy New clinical field for PCAWG data
other_therapy_response New clinical field for PCAWG data

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