Malignant disease definition
Malignant disease means confirmed cases of cancer enumerated in the ICD-O excluding superficial, squamous and basal cell carcinomas of the skin.
Malignant disease means a diagnosis of cancer (made microscopically and/or non-microscopically) established by a licensed physician which includes cancers at all sites and all stages of the disease and which are listed in the current amended "International Classification of Diseases for Oncology" (ICD-0), published by the World Health Organization. Excluded are basal epithelial, papillary and squamous cell carcinomas of the skin but included are all carcinomas of the vulva, labia, penis and scrotum. Also excluded are all in situ carcinomas of the cervix uteri.