[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 56 (Wednesday, March 25, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12874-12875]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-6591]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Public Comment Session for Cancer Patients' CAM Information Needs 
Comment Period

AGENCY: National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health 
(NIH), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the provisions of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public 
comments on proposed data collection projects, the National Institutes 
of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI) will publish periodic 
summaries of proposed

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projects to be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review and approval.

DATES: The Public Comment Session for Patients' CAM Information Needs 
public comment period will run from April 1, 2009 through May 30, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted electronically at http://www.cancer.gov/cam.
    Background: Title: Public Comment Session for Patients' CAM 
Information Needs. Type of Information Collection Request: New. Need 
and Use of Information Collection: The National Cancer Institute's 
Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine (OCCAM) strives 
to increase the amount of high-quality information on cancer and 
complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) available for cancer 
patients and their families. We would like to better understand CAM 
information needs from the viewpoints of cancer patients and health 
professionals who regularly interact with and serve cancer patients.
    Request for Comments: Written comments and/or suggestions from the 
public and affected agencies are invited on one or more of the 
following points: (a) Common issues, topics, or themes that emerge when 
discussing CAM with patients; (b) specific CAM therapies asked about 
most frequently; (c) ways media stories about CAM affect cancer 
patients; (d) resources patients use to get information about CAM; (e) 
common myths or misinformation patients have about CAM; and (f) cancer 
CAM information resources or services that NCI should provide to cancer 
patients.

    Dated: March 16, 2009.
Shea Buckman,
NCI OCCAM Communications and Outreach Manager, National Institutes of 
Health.
 [FR Doc. E9-6591 Filed 3-24-09; 8:45 am]
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