Request from pancreatic cancer project to add an optional text field for entering details about cause of death if cause_of_death is Died of other reasons, or if patient died of a different cancer instead of the primary diagnosed cancer. Project explained that this is important in pancreatic cancer for censoring surgical deaths and treatment complications. This field would provide more granularity for the cause of death:
Field
Description
Data Tier
Attributes
Type
cause_of_death_details
Provide additional details regarding cause of death if donor.
Extended
Text
One option would be make this field required if cause_of_death = Died of other reasons.
Request from pancreatic cancer project to add an optional text field for entering details about cause of death if
cause_of_death
isDied of other reasons
, or if patient died of a different cancer instead of the primary diagnosed cancer. Project explained that this is important in pancreatic cancer for censoring surgical deaths and treatment complications. This field would provide more granularity for the cause of death:One option would be make this field required if
cause_of_death
=Died of other reasons
.