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A therapy goal becomes measurable through targets. FHIR Goal.target has three parts:
target.measure (the tracked parameter, coded, e.g. LOINC/SNOMED), target.detail
(the intended value/range) and target.due (the deadline). A goal may carry several
targets.
This measurable target logic applies mainly to the episode goals of the individual
therapy episodes (concrete parameters: disease status, staging, response …). The
overarching goal, by contrast, usually carries no measurable target but the
strategic intent (curative vs. palliative) — a clinical judgement depending on the
cancer entity and the staging/grading threshold at which curative treatment (e.g.
resectability) is no longer possible.
Goal.target is the intended value (and may be shared across goals);
Goal.outcomeReference is the observed result — one per goal, empty until observed.
achievementStatus uses state codes only (in-progress, achieved, not-achieved,
not-attainable); the trajectory (response over time) lives in the outcome
Observations (RECIST, mCODE Cancer Disease Status), which are timestamped and define their
own reference point.
Not every clinical procedure is a suitable target. A follow-up mammography is a means of
assessment, not an endpoint — the endpoint is the disease/recurrence status; the
mammography belongs in a ServiceRequest, not in target.measure.
These measures are general, not scenario-specific; some are entity-specific (e.g.
ER/PR/HER2 in breast cancer), others general (TNM, stage group, disease status). Examples:
tumour size (max. dimension, LOINC 33728-7), residual-tumour status R0/R1/R2 (84892-9),
leukocytes for leukopenia (6690-2), and tumour markers in monitoring — PSA (2857-1),
CA-125 (ovarian, 10334-1), CEA (2039-6), CA 15-3 (breast, 6875-9). Tumour-marker use is
entity- and situation-dependent: CA-125 is an established monitoring endpoint in ovarian
cancer (GCIG criteria), whereas routine CA 15-3 in asymptomatic curative breast follow-up is
not guideline-recommended.