Ask OpenCancer
ask_opencancerRead-onlyIdempotent
Answers a cancer patient or caregiver question in plain language, grounded in NCCN Guidelines for Patients and medical literature. Covers what a diagnosis, stage, biomarker or test result means; treatment options; side effects and their management; questions for the oncologist; second opinions; living with cancer. Answers in the language of the question. Returns the answer, its sources, a disclaimer, a link to OpenCancer's care team, and an answer id. Emergencies, prognosis or life-expectancy questions, and questions about children return a safety message that routes to the care team instead of an answer. Educational information, not medical advice. Accepts no personal identifiers
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| context | No | Optional general context such as stage or treatments tried, e.g. "stage 3, finished FOLFOX". No identifiers. | |
| question | Yes | The question in plain language, in the user's language, without personal identifiers. | |
| cancer_type | No | Optional cancer type, to focus the guidelines used, e.g. "colon cancer". |
Output Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| answer | Yes | ||
| sources | Yes | ||
| answer_id | Yes | ||
| grounding | No | ||
| disclaimer | Yes | ||
| care_team_url | Yes | ||
| review_status | Yes | ||
| needs_human_review | Yes |