moh_can_date_of_diagnosis_text

The date the tumour was diagnosed.

Notes: Sourced from laboratory reports, hospital discharge event start date (from NMDS), or mortality event date of death (from Mortality). This is the same as the earliest date of operation/biopsy or the date of admission (in a hospital event - NMDS) or the date of death if diagnosed on autopsy. If registering from a laboratory report, this should be the earliest laboratory report date. If the only notification of a cancer comes from a Medical Certificate of Causes of Death, the diagnosis date is estimated from the 'Approximate time between onset and death' as reported by the certifying doctor alongside the cancer diagnosis on the certificate.