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Sex/Gender

Field Name	Definition	Requirement Entry Instructions	Responsible for Entry	QA
Biological Sex	Biological sex of the subject.	Required if permitted by the IRB. Populates from Health Link when using the Find functionality. Enter 'Unknown' if biological sex data is unavailable or cannot be captured per the consent document(s). Otherwise, enter 'Female' or 'Male'. The other terms available ('Undifferentiated' and 'Unspecified') are not currently being used.	Subject edit / Study Coordinator	No NCI Report Fields

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Biological Sex

Biological sex of the subject.

Required if permitted by the IRB.
Populates from Health Link when using the Find functionality. Enter 'Unknown' if biological sex data is unavailable or cannot be captured per the consent document(s). Otherwise, enter 'Female' or 'Male'. The other terms available ('Undifferentiated' and 'Unspecified') are not currently being used.

Subject edit / Study Coordinator

NCI Report Fields

Keywords	sex gender male female Suggest keywords	Doc ID	99310
Owner	Molly H.	Group	SMPH Research Informatics
Created	2020-03-23 16:01:09	Updated	2022-12-16 12:58:23
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