Cancer.gov

Cancer.gov Disease API

Hematopoietic, lymphoid neoplasms and solid tumor diseases

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 21

PUT /rest/disease/{version}/update Update a disease entry #
PUT /rest/disease/{version}/reset/{id} Reset a disease entry #
POST /rest/disease/{version}/unhide/{id} Unhide a disease item #
POST /rest/disease/{version}/publish Publish the specified disease entities into the associated production database #
POST /rest/disease/{version}/hide/{id} Hide a disease item #
POST /rest/disease/{version}/create Save a new disease entry #
POST /rest/disease/versions/create Creates a new BETA version database #
POST /rest/disease/reportability Returns the reportable year range of the supplied disease #
GET /rest/disease/{version} Return a list of Disease entries #
GET /rest/disease/{version}/status_summary Return a list of disease entries #
GET /rest/disease/{version}/same_primary Indicate whether 2 morphologies (and diagnosis years) represent the same primary #
GET /rest/disease/{version}/keywords Return a list of keywords contained in the disease entries #
GET /rest/disease/{version}/id/{id} Return a single disease #
GET /rest/disease/{version}/id/{id}/{year} Return a single disease with only year-based information for the passed year… #
GET /rest/disease/{version}/changelog Return a list of Disease changelog entries #
GET /rest/disease/versions Return a list of all versions of the disease database #
GET /rest/disease/site_categories Return the complete list of site categories for use in the search API #
GET /rest/disease/primary_site Return the list of ICDO2/ICDO3 primary site codes and labels #
GET /rest/disease/primary_site/{code} Return the list of ICDO2/ICDO3 primary sites matching a code #
DELETE /rest/disease/{version}/delete/{id} Delete a disease entry #
DELETE /rest/disease/versions/delete Deletes an existing BETA version and all associated glossary entries #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://api.seer.cancer.gov/docs
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RateLimits
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cancer-gov/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/cancer-gov-rate-limits.yml
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APIReference
https://api.seer.cancer.gov/docs
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Documentation
https://modac.cancer.gov/swagger-ui/4.14.0/index.html
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Documentation
https://evs.nci.nih.gov/
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APIReference
https://api-evsrest.nci.nih.gov/swagger-ui/index.html
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Documentation
https://webapis.cancer.gov/glossary/v1/
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Documentation
https://webapis.cancer.gov/drugdictionary/v1/

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cancer-gov/refs/heads/main/openapi/cancer-gov-disease-api-openapi.yml

Other Resources

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Portal
https://api.seer.cancer.gov/
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TermsOfService
https://api.seer.cancer.gov/terms
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Portal
https://modac.cancer.gov/
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Explorer
https://evsexplore.semantics.cancer.gov/
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WhitePaper
https://evs.nci.nih.gov/ftp1/NCI_Metathesaurus/EVS%20Metathesaurus%20White%20Paper.pdf
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SourceCode
https://github.com/NCIEVS/evsrestapi
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TermsOfService
https://evs.nci.nih.gov/ftp1/NCI_Thesaurus/ThesaurusTermsofUse.htm
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SourceCode
https://github.com/NCIOCPL/glossary-api
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SourceCode
https://github.com/NCIOCPL/drug-dictionary-api
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SourceCode
https://github.com/NCIOCPL/sitewide-search-api
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SourceCode
https://github.com/NCIOCPL/bestbets-api
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SourceCode
https://github.com/NCIOCPL/r4r-api

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OpenAPI Specification

cancer-gov-disease-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: SEER* Disease API
  description: 'SEER API is a RESTful Web service that supports various SEER Program data sets and mapping.


    This service is available to developers who wish to incorporate SEER resources into their own systems. These resources

    include databases and tools developed to enhance registry operations and quality improvement. The SEER API is designed

    for integration into registry computer systems and is not designed to be accessed by end-users.'
  termsOfService: /terms
  version: '1.0'
servers:
- url: https://api.seer.cancer.gov
  description: Generated server url
security:
- apiKeyScheme: []
tags:


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# Full source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cancer-gov/refs/heads/main/openapi/cancer-gov-disease-api-openapi.yml