Cancer Outcomes and Services Data Set (COSD)

Change History

Version: 4.0; Status: Final

  • Data Types
    • Added annotations to data types schema.
    • Included annotations within data types page.
  • Specification
    • Rebranded pack.

Version: 3.0; Status: Final

  • Gynaecology
    • Changed CervicalNodesStatus code NO to N0.
  • Data Types
    • Removed the pattern restriction on postcode.
  • Skin
    • Amended the type to allow for all versions of SNOMED, see "SNOMED Related Items" changed in Version 2.0 Final.
    • Changed format of BreslowThickness.

Version: 2.0; Status: Final

  • Head and Neck Content
    • Made CancerDentalAssessmentDate optional.
  • Haematology
    • Changed order of SokalChronicMyeloidLeukaemiaScore and HasfordChronicMyeloidLeukaemiaScore.
    • Switched the types and constraints on both items.
  • Data Types
    • Loosened the constraint on post code patterns to accommodate default postcodes.
    • Made base st type permit zero length fields.
  • SNOMED Related Items
    • Created new type to accommodate SNOMED codes which are not part of SNOMED CT. All items containing SNOMED codes modified to use this new type.
  • Sarcoma
    • SarcomaTumourSiteBone and SarcomaTumourSiteSoftTissue site made optional.
  • CTYA
    • SarcomaTumourSite made optional.

Version: 1.0; Status: Final

  • Package
    • This is the first release of the Cancer Outcomes and Services Data Set (COSD) XML Schema Specifications Pack.