Registry-derived stage (RD-Stage) for capturing cancer stage at diagnosis for endometrial cancer

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Table 2 Completeness of selected data fields at baseline for endometrial cancer, by jurisdiction, 2018 and 2019 combined

Jurisdiction	VIC	QLD	WA	SA	NSW	TAS	ACT	NT
Number of cases (n)	1459	1125	496	480	1757	71	102	32
Data completeness
Nodes taken	43%	53%	-	-	-	22%	-	-
Nodes positive	43%	6%	-	-	-	22%	-	-
Staging basis	88%	90%	6%	-	-	-	-	9%
TNM-T	84%	58%	2%	-	-	-	-	25%
TNM-N	44%	43%	1%	-	-	-	-	6%
TNM-M	5%	29%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stage group	15%	25%	5%	-	-	-	-	16%
Degree of spread (Tier 1)^a	-	-	-	-	93%	84%	98%	-
RD-Stage (Tier 2)^b	88%	37%	6%	-	-	-	-	25%
RD-Stage (Tier 3)^c	-	90%	-	-	-	-	-	-

^aDegree of spread (Tier 1) data sources: Pathology and hospital admitted episode data (including access to metastatic site codes (NSW, ACT, TAS) and clinical medical records (TAS and NSW)
^bRD-Stage (Tier 2) data sources: Pathology (VIC, WA, NT, QLD) and hospital admitted episode data (VIC)
^cRD-Stage (Tier 3) data sources: In addition to Tier 2, MDM data, hospital admitted episode data oncology information systems and public radiology data (QLD)

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