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Table 1 Classification codes.

From: In the absence of cancer registry data, is it sensible to assess incidence using hospital separation records?

Category

Hospital separations : ICD-9

Cancer registry : ICDO-2

All cancers

140–208, excluding 173

C00-C97, excluding C44

Lung cancer

162

C33-C34

Colorectal cancer

153–154, 159.0

C18-C21, C26.0

Female breast cancer

174

C50

Prostate cancer

185

C61

  1. Cancers are defined in accord with the National Cancer Institute of Canada specifications [35,36]. Non-melanoma skin cancer is excluded from hospital and registry data; chemotherapy and radiotherapy representing first separation are excluded from the hospital records.