HL7 Europe Common Cancer Model
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## Logical Model: CancerPatient - JSON Profile

Active as of 2026-06-14

JSON representation of the CancerPatient logical model.

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    {
      "resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
      "id" : "CancerPatient",
      "text" : {
        "status" : "extensions",
        "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p class=\"res-header-id\"><b>Generated Narrative: StructureDefinition CancerPatient</b></p><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; font-size: 11px; font-family: verdana; vertical-align: top;\"><tr style=\"border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; font-size: 11px; font-family: verdana; vertical-align: top\"><th style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; padding-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views\" title=\"The logical name of the element\">Name</a></th><th style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; padding-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views\" title=\"Information about the use of the element\">Flags</a></th><th style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; padding-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views\" title=\"Minimum and Maximum # of times the element can appear in the instance\">Card.</a></th><th style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; padding-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; width: 100px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views\" title=\"Reference to the type of the element\">Type</a></th><th style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; padding-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views\" title=\"Additional information about the element\">Description &amp; Constraints</a><span style=\"float: right\"><a href=\"https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views\" title=\"Legend for this format\"><img src=\"data:image/png;base64, \" alt=\"doco\" style=\"background-color: inherit\"/></a></span></th></tr><tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck1.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_element.gif\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: white; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Element\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <a href=\"StructureDefinition-CancerPatient-definitions.html#CancerPatient\" title=\"Logical model describing the patient affected by cancer, acting as the central subject for diagnosis, treatments, disease evolution and follow-up. Derived from Cancer_Common_Logical_Model_20260521.xlsx (sheet CancerPatient).\">CancerPatient</a><a name=\"CancerPatient\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">0</span><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">..</span><span style=\"opacity: 0.5\">*</span></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"http://build.fhir.org/types.html#Base\">Base</a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">Cancer Patient<br/><span style=\"font-weight:bold\">Instances of this logical model can be the target of a Reference</span></td></tr>\r\n<tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: #F7F7F7\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck10.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vjoin.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_primitive.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: #F7F7F7; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Primitive Data Type\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <a href=\"StructureDefinition-CancerPatient-definitions.html#CancerPatient.birthDate\" title=\"Patient date of birth (at least the year should be available).\">birthDate</a><a name=\"CancerPatient.birthDate\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">1..1</td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/datatypes.html#dateTime\">dateTime</a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">BirthDate</td></tr>\r\n<tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck10.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vjoin.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_datatype.gif\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: white; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Data Type\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <a href=\"StructureDefinition-CancerPatient-definitions.html#CancerPatient.sexAtBirth\" title=\"Biological sex assigned at birth, determined by sex characteristics observed at birth or infancy (e.g., genital characteristics and/or chromosome composition). This represents sex as a biological variable and should not be used to represent gender identity or administrative gender.\">sexAtBirth</a><a name=\"CancerPatient.sexAtBirth\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">1..1</td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/datatypes.html#CodeableConcept\">CodeableConcept</a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">SexAtBirth</td></tr>\r\n<tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: #F7F7F7\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck10.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vjoin.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_datatype.gif\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: #F7F7F7; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Data Type\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <a href=\"StructureDefinition-CancerPatient-definitions.html#CancerPatient.observedSexGender\" title=\"Recorded sex at the time of cancer diagnosis, if different from SexAtBirth. This captures what is documented at diagnosis and should be interpreted in line with the clinical record context.\">observedSexGender</a><a name=\"CancerPatient.observedSexGender\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">0..1</td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/datatypes.html#CodeableConcept\">CodeableConcept</a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">ObservedSex Gender</td></tr>\r\n<tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck00.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vjoin_end.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_datatype.gif\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: white; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Data Type\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <a href=\"StructureDefinition-CancerPatient-definitions.html#CancerPatient.comorbiditiesAtCancerDiagnosis\" title=\"Active chronic conditions present at the time of cancer diagnosis.\">comorbiditiesAtCancerDiagnosis</a><a name=\"CancerPatient.comorbiditiesAtCancerDiagnosis\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">0..*</td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/datatypes.html#CodeableConcept\">CodeableConcept</a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">ComorbiditiesAtCancerDiagnosis<br/></td></tr>\r\n<tr><td colspan=\"5\" class=\"hierarchy\"><br/><a href=\"https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views\" title=\"Legend for this format\"><img src=\"data:image/png;base64, \" alt=\"doco\" style=\"background-color: inherit\"/> Documentation for this format</a></td></tr></table></div>"
      },
      "extension" : [
        {
          "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-type-characteristics",
          "valueCode" : "can-be-target"
        }
      ],
      "url" : "http://hl7.eu/fhir/cancer-common/StructureDefinition/CancerPatient",
      "version" : "1.0.0-ballot",
      "name" : "CancerPatient",
      "title" : "Cancer Patient",
      "status" : "active",
      "date" : "2026-06-14T12:51:40+02:00",
      "publisher" : "HL7 Europe",
      "contact" : [
        {
          "name" : "HL7 Europe",
          "telecom" : [
            {
              "system" : "url",
              "value" : "http://hl7.eu"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "description" : "Logical model describing the patient affected by cancer, acting as the central subject for diagnosis, treatments, disease evolution and follow-up. Derived from Cancer_Common_Logical_Model_20260521.xlsx (sheet CancerPatient).",
      "jurisdiction" : [
        {
          "coding" : [
            {
              "system" : "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
              "code" : "150",
              "display" : "Europe"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "copyright" : "HL7 Europe Copyright. Licensed under Common Creative License (CC0 1.0). Details at [Copyright](copyright.html).",
      "fhirVersion" : "4.0.1",
      "kind" : "logical",
      "abstract" : false,
      "type" : "http://hl7.eu/fhir/cancer-common/StructureDefinition/CancerPatient",
      "baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Base",
      "derivation" : "specialization",
      "snapshot" : {
        "extension" : [
          {
            "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/tools/StructureDefinition/snapshot-base-version",
            "valueString" : "4.0.1"
          }
        ],
        "element" : [
          {
            "id" : "CancerPatient",
            "path" : "CancerPatient",
            "short" : "Cancer Patient",
            "definition" : "Logical model describing the patient affected by cancer, acting as the central subject for diagnosis, treatments, disease evolution and follow-up. Derived from Cancer_Common_Logical_Model_20260521.xlsx (sheet CancerPatient).",
            "min" : 0,
            "max" : "*",
            "base" : {
              "path" : "Base",
              "min" : 0,
              "max" : "*"
            },
            "isModifier" : false
          },
          {
            "id" : "CancerPatient.birthDate",
            "path" : "CancerPatient.birthDate",
            "short" : "BirthDate",
            "definition" : "Patient date of birth (at least the year should be available).",
            "comment" : "At least the year must be present.",
            "min" : 1,
            "max" : "1",
            "base" : {
              "path" : "CancerPatient.birthDate",
              "min" : 1,
              "max" : "1"
            },
            "type" : [
              {
                "code" : "dateTime"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id" : "CancerPatient.sexAtBirth",
            "path" : "CancerPatient.sexAtBirth",
            "short" : "SexAtBirth",
            "definition" : "Biological sex assigned at birth, determined by sex characteristics observed at birth or infancy (e.g., genital characteristics and/or chromosome composition). This represents sex as a biological variable and should not be used to represent gender identity or administrative gender.",
            "comment" : "This element refers to biological sex assigned at birth (not gender identity). It is typically captured once and is not expected to change. Choice: Male | Female | Unknown | Other",
            "min" : 1,
            "max" : "1",
            "base" : {
              "path" : "CancerPatient.sexAtBirth",
              "min" : 1,
              "max" : "1"
            },
            "type" : [
              {
                "code" : "CodeableConcept"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id" : "CancerPatient.observedSexGender",
            "path" : "CancerPatient.observedSexGender",
            "short" : "ObservedSex Gender",
            "definition" : "Recorded sex at the time of cancer diagnosis, if different from SexAtBirth. This captures what is documented at diagnosis and should be interpreted in line with the clinical record context.",
            "comment" : "It shall be present if changed respect the SexAtBirth. See https://confluence.hl7.org/spaces/VOC/pages/40743893/The+Gender+Harmony+Project",
            "min" : 0,
            "max" : "1",
            "base" : {
              "path" : "CancerPatient.observedSexGender",
              "min" : 0,
              "max" : "1"
            },
            "type" : [
              {
                "code" : "CodeableConcept"
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            ]
          },
          {
            "id" : "CancerPatient.comorbiditiesAtCancerDiagnosis",
            "path" : "CancerPatient.comorbiditiesAtCancerDiagnosis",
            "short" : "ComorbiditiesAtCancerDiagnosis",
            "definition" : "Active chronic conditions present at the time of cancer diagnosis.",
            "comment" : "Active chronic conditions present at the time of cancer diagnosis.",
            "min" : 0,
            "max" : "*",
            "base" : {
              "path" : "CancerPatient.comorbiditiesAtCancerDiagnosis",
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            },
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        ]
      },
      "differential" : {
        "element" : [
          {
            "id" : "CancerPatient",
            "path" : "CancerPatient",
            "short" : "Cancer Patient",
            "definition" : "Logical model describing the patient affected by cancer, acting as the central subject for diagnosis, treatments, disease evolution and follow-up. Derived from Cancer_Common_Logical_Model_20260521.xlsx (sheet CancerPatient)."
          },
          {
            "id" : "CancerPatient.birthDate",
            "path" : "CancerPatient.birthDate",
            "short" : "BirthDate",
            "definition" : "Patient date of birth (at least the year should be available).",
            "comment" : "At least the year must be present.",
            "min" : 1,
            "max" : "1",
            "type" : [
              {
                "code" : "dateTime"
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            ]
          },
          {
            "id" : "CancerPatient.sexAtBirth",
            "path" : "CancerPatient.sexAtBirth",
            "short" : "SexAtBirth",
            "definition" : "Biological sex assigned at birth, determined by sex characteristics observed at birth or infancy (e.g., genital characteristics and/or chromosome composition). This represents sex as a biological variable and should not be used to represent gender identity or administrative gender.",
            "comment" : "This element refers to biological sex assigned at birth (not gender identity). It is typically captured once and is not expected to change. Choice: Male | Female | Unknown | Other",
            "min" : 1,
            "max" : "1",
            "type" : [
              {
                "code" : "CodeableConcept"
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            ]
          },
          {
            "id" : "CancerPatient.observedSexGender",
            "path" : "CancerPatient.observedSexGender",
            "short" : "ObservedSex Gender",
            "definition" : "Recorded sex at the time of cancer diagnosis, if different from SexAtBirth. This captures what is documented at diagnosis and should be interpreted in line with the clinical record context.",
            "comment" : "It shall be present if changed respect the SexAtBirth. See https://confluence.hl7.org/spaces/VOC/pages/40743893/The+Gender+Harmony+Project",
            "min" : 0,
            "max" : "1",
            "type" : [
              {
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            ]
          },
          {
            "id" : "CancerPatient.comorbiditiesAtCancerDiagnosis",
            "path" : "CancerPatient.comorbiditiesAtCancerDiagnosis",
            "short" : "ComorbiditiesAtCancerDiagnosis",
            "definition" : "Active chronic conditions present at the time of cancer diagnosis.",
            "comment" : "Active chronic conditions present at the time of cancer diagnosis.",
            "min" : 0,
            "max" : "*",
            "type" : [
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          }
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