Breast Cancer Estrogen Receptor

SAS Name
ESTROGEN_RECEPTOR

Breast cancer estrogen receptor.

Comments

Practices were required to report clinical and staging data associated with each beneficiary’s assigned cancer. Estrogen Receptor (ER) is routinely tested for breast cancer and is necessary for staging and treatment decisions. This variable is only populated for episodes with breast cancer.

SOURCE: Oncology Care Model Data Registry

Code Code value
None Selected None Selected
Not Tested Not Tested
Negative Negative
Positive Positive
Null/missing n/a (not breast cancer); or not reported by OCM participant (reference details in the RPTD_TO_RGSTRY codebook entry)