HL7 Europe Common Cancer Model, published by HL7 Europe. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 0.1.0 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/hl7-eu/cancer-common/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

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Scope

The Cancer Common FHIR Implementation Guide provides a common cancer model and guidance on how it can be represented using the HL7® FHIR® standard.

Purpose

This project aims to define a minimal, extensible, non-exhaustive European cancer data set that is:

• Agnostic to the type of cancer
• Usable across different use cases
• Leveraging experiences of European projects working with primary and secondary usage
• Taking into account the availability and usability of reliable data in EHR systems

The guide is intended to be:

• Inclusive and cross-cutting – transversal to different cancer domains and purposes of use
• Community-driven – considers the needs of different communities
• Incremental – start with a minimal core set, extend/enhance the model in later iterations
• FHIR-ready – designed for facilitating representation using HL7 FHIR

Relationships and References

This project will build on the work of:

• mCODE (as reference, not dependency)
• European funded projects: PanCareSurPass, FLUTE, IDEA4RC
• Osiris
• MEDOC

Example Scenarios

• A multidisciplinary cancer team retrieves cancer-related data to assess the current diagnosis
• Cancer data is stored in a research warehouse for use in various research projects