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Every Statement of Principles covering cancer and tumours: 48 conditions, 990 legislated factors between them. Each one links through to the full factor list, and to an example report where we have written one.
A claim for any of these is decided against its Statement of Principles. At least one factor has to be met, and connected to your service. Reasonable Hypothesis applies to operational service; Balance of Probabilities to peacetime.
Acoustic neuroma
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, acoustic neuroma: (a) means a benign neoplasm arising from Schwann cells of the vestibular or cochlear nerve; and (b) excludes acoustic…
Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia/lymphoblastic lymphoma
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, acute lymphoblastic leukaemia/lymphoblastic lymphoma: (a) means a malignant neoplasm characterised by the clonal proliferation of…
Acute myeloid leukaemia
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, acute myeloid leukaemia: (a) means a malignant neoplasm of the blood characterised by clonal proliferation of morphologically immature…
Benign neoplasm of the eye and adnexa
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, benign neoplasm of the eye and adnexa means: (a) a non-malignant neoplastic proliferation of the cells of the eye classified according…
Cardiac myxoma
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, cardiac myxoma means a benign neoplasm of the heart composed of primitive connective tissue cells and stroma resembling mesenchyme and…
Cerebral meningioma
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, cerebral meningioma means a primary benign or intermediate grade tumour of the cerebral meninges
Chronic myeloid leukaemia
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, chronic myeloid leukaemia: (a) means a malignant neoplasm of the blood with a predominant overpopulation of the myeloid cells and the…
Colorectal adenoma
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, colorectal adenoma: (a) means a benign neoplasm arising from the epithelial cells of the colorectum; and (b) includes: (i) adenomatous…
Essential thrombocythaemia
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, essential thrombocythaemia: (a) means a chronic, Philadelphia-chromosome negative myeloproliferative neoplasm characterised by bone…
Hodgkin lymphoma
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, Hodgkin lymphoma: (a) means a specific group of malignant neoplasms of the lymph nodes and lymphoid tissue derived from B lymphocytes;…
Kaposi sarcoma
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, Kaposi sarcoma: (a) means a multicentric vascular neoplasm arising from endothelial cells and characterised by the proliferation of…
Malignant melanoma of the skin
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant melanoma of the skin: (a) means a primary malignant neoplasm arising from the melanocytes; and (b) includes: (i) melanoma in…
Malignant neoplasm of bone and articular cartilage
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of bone and articular cartilage: (a) means a primary malignant neoplasm arising in bone or articular cartilage; and…
Malignant neoplasm of the anus and anal canal
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the anus and anal canal: (a) means a primary malignant neoplasm arising from the epithelial cells of the anus or…
Malignant neoplasm of the bile duct
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the bile duct: (a) means a primary malignant neoplasm arising from the epithelial cells of the intrahepatic or…
Malignant neoplasm of the bladder
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the bladder: (a) means a primary malignant neoplasm arising from the epithelial cells of the urinary bladder,…
Malignant neoplasm of the brain
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the brain means: (a) a primary malignant neoplasm arising from the cells of the brain; and (b) includes malignant…
Malignant neoplasm of the breast
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the breast: (a) means a primary malignant neoplasm arising from the epithelial cells of the breast of males and…
Malignant neoplasm of the cerebral meninges
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the cerebral meninges: (a) means a primary malignant neoplasm arising from the cells of the cerebral meninges; and…
Malignant neoplasm of the cervix
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the cervix: (a) means a primary invasive carcinoma, carcinoma in situ, adenocarcinoma in situ or cervical…
Malignant neoplasm of the colon and rectum
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the colon and rectum: (a) means a primary malignant neoplasm arising from the epithelial cells of the colon or…
Malignant neoplasm of the endometrium
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the endometrium: (a) means a primary malignant neoplasm arising from the cells of the mucous membrane that line…
Malignant neoplasm of the kidney
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the kidney: (a) means a primary malignant neoplasm arising from the renal tubular epithelium; and (b) includes…
Malignant neoplasm of the larynx
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the larynx: (a) means a primary malignancy of the mucosa of the larynx, which extends from the lower border of the…
Malignant neoplasm of the liver
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the liver: (a) means a primary malignant neoplasm arising from the hepatocytes; and (b) excludes: (i) carcinoid…
Malignant neoplasm of the lung
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the lung: (a) means a primary malignant neoplasm arising from the epithelial cells of the trachea, bronchus,…
Malignant neoplasm of the nasopharynx
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the nasopharynx: (a) means a primary malignancy of the mucosa of the nasopharynx, which extends from the nares…
Malignant neoplasm of the oral cavity, oropharynx and hypopharynx
hypopharynx (2) For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the oral cavity, oropharynx and hypopharynx: (a) means a primary malignancy of the mucosa of the…
Malignant neoplasm of the ovary
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the ovary: (a) means a primary malignant neoplasm arising from the cells of the ovary; and (b) includes cell types…
Malignant neoplasm of the pancreas
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the pancreas: (a) means a primary malignant neoplasm arising from the cells of the exocrine pancreas; and (b)…
Malignant neoplasm of the prostate
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the prostate : (a) means a primary malignant neoplasm arising from the epithelial cells of the prostate gland; and…
Malignant neoplasm of the renal pelvis and ureter
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the renal pelvis and ureter: (a) means a primary malignant neoplasm arising from the epithelial cells of the upper…
Malignant neoplasm of the salivary gland
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the salivary gland: (a) means a primary malignant neoplasm arising from the epithelial cells of the major salivary…
Malignant neoplasm of the small intestine
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the small intestine: (a) means a primary malignant neoplasm arising from the epithelial cells of the small…
Malignant neoplasm of the stomach
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the stomach: (a) means a primary malignant neoplasm arising from the epithelial cells of the stomach; and (b)…
Malignant neoplasm of the testis and epididymis
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the testis and epididymis: (a) means a primary malignant neoplasm arising from cells of the testis and/or…
Malignant neoplasm of the thyroid gland
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the thyroid gland: (a) means a primary malignant neoplasm arising from the follicular epithelial cells of the…
Malignant neoplasm of the urethra
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the urethra: (a) means a primary malignant neoplasm arising from the epithelial cells lining the urethra; and (b)…
Malignant neoplasm of unknown primary site
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of unknown primary site: (a) means a histologically confirmed metastatic malignant neoplasm for which the primary…
Mature B-cell lymphoid leukaemia and small lymphocytic lymphoma
lymphoma (2) For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, mature B-cell lymphoid leukaemia and small lymphocytic lymphoma: (a) means a malignant neoplasm characterised by the clonal…
Merkel cell carcinoma
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, Merkel cell carcinoma means a primary cutaneous neuroendocrine carcinoma; (3) While Merkel cell carcinoma attracts ICD-10-AM codes…
Mesothelioma
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, mesothelioma: (a) means a primary malignant neoplasm of the mesothelial cells that are located in the visceral and parietal mesothelium…
Myelodysplastic neoplasm (syndrome)
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, myelodysplastic neoplasm (syndrome): (a) means a clonal haematopoietic stem cell neoplasm characterised by morphologic dysplasia ≥10% in…
Myeloma
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, myeloma: (a) means a malignant disease of plasma cells, in which a single line of plasma cells accumulates and produces a monoclonal…
Neoplasm of the pituitary gland
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, neoplasm of the pituitary gland: (a) means a primary neoplasm, either benign or malignant, arising from the cells of the pituitary…
Non-melanoma malignant neoplasm of the skin
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, non-melanoma malignant neoplasm of the skin: (a) means a primary malignant neoplasm arising from the non- melanotic cells of the…
Primary myelofibrosis
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, primary myelofibrosis: (a) means a chronic, Philadelphia-chromosome negative myeloproliferative neoplasm characterised by bone marrow…
Soft tissue sarcoma
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, soft tissue sarcoma: (a) means a malignant neoplasm of soft connective tissue including fibrous, fat, muscle (cardiac, skeletal muscle…
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