[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 220 (Wednesday, November 15, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66531-66532]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-19260]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-07-0571]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a 
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call 
the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 639-5960 or send an e-mail 
to [email protected]. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget, Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 395-6974. 
Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Minimum Data Elements (MDEs)/System for Technical Assistance 
Reporting (STAR) for the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early 
Detection Program (NBCCEDP)--(OMB Number 0920-0571)--Extension--
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion 
(NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The NBCCEDP was established in response to the Congressional Breast 
and Cervical Cancer Mortality Prevention Act of 1990. This Act mandates 
a program that will provide early detection, breast and cervical cancer 
screening services for under-served women.
    CDC proposes to aggregate breast and cervical cancer screening, 
diagnostic and treatment data from NBCCEDP grantees at the State, 
territory and tribal level. These aggregated data will include 
demographic information about women served through funded programs. The 
proposed data collection will also include infrastructure data about 
grantee management, public education and outreach, professional 
education, and service delivery.
    Breast cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related death among 
American women. The American Cancer Society (ACS) estimated that 
211,240 new cases would be diagnosed among women in 2005, and 40,410 
women would die of this disease. Mammography is extremely valuable as 
an early detection tool because it can detect breast cancer well before 
the woman can feel the lump, when it is still in an early and more 
treatable stage. Women older than age 40 that receive annual 
mammography screening reduce their probability of breast cancer 
mortality and increase their treatment options.
    Although early detection efforts have greatly decreased the 
incidence of invasive cervical cancer in recent decades, ACS estimated 
that 10,370 new cases would be diagnosed in 2005 and 3,710 women would 
die of this disease. Papanicolaou (Pap) tests effectively detect 
precancerous lesions in addition to invasive cervical cancer. The 
detection and treatment of precancerous lesions can prevent nearly all 
cervical cancer-related deaths.
    Because breast and cervical cancer screening, diagnostic and 
treatment data are already collected and aggregated at the State, 
territory and tribal level, the additional burden on the grantees will 
be small. Continuation of this program will require grantees to report 
a minimum data set (MDE) on screening and follow-up activities 
electronically to the CDC on a semi-annual basis. The program will 
require grantees to report infrastructure data (STAR) to the CDC 
annually using a web-based system. Information collected will be used 
to obtain more complete breast and cervical cancer data, promote public 
education of cancer incidence and risk, improve the availability of 
screening and diagnostic services for under-served women, ensure the 
quality of services provided to women, and develop outreach strategies 
for women that are never or rarely screened for breast and cervical 
cancer. Data collection will continue for the next three years.
    There are no costs to respondents other than their time. The total 
estimated annualized burden hours are 2,244.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                                      Average
                                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per
                             Reports                               respondents*    responses per   response  (in
                                                                                    respondent        hours)
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*Infrastructure Report (STAR)...................................              68               1              25
*Screening and Follow-up (MDE)..................................              68               2              4
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* Respondents include State, territorial and tribal grantees.



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    Dated: November 8, 2006.
Joan F. Karr,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E6-19260 Filed 11-14-06; 8:45 am]
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