[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 74 (Wednesday, April 17, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22886-22887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-08912]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30 Day-13-0469]


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) 639-7570 or send an email 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

    National Program of Cancer Registries Cancer Surveillance System--
(0920-0469 Reinstatement Exp. 11/30/2012)--National Center for Chronic 
Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    In 1992, Congress passed the Cancer Registries Amendment Act, which 
established the National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR). The NPCR 
provides support for central cancer registries (CCR) that collect, 
manage and analyze data about cancer cases. The NPCR-funded CCR, which 
are located in states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories, 
report information to CDC annually through the National Program of 
Cancer Registries Cancer Surveillance System (NPCR CSS)(OMB No. 0920-
0469, exp. 1/31/2010). Many registries maintain additional data items 
that are not part of the standard NPCR CSS report to CDC.
    The NPCR CSS has allowed CDC to collect, aggregate, evaluate and 
disseminate cancer incidence data at the national and state level, and 
is the primary source of information for United States Cancer 
Statistics (USCS), which CDC has published annually since 2002. The 
NPCR CSS also allows CDC to monitor cancer trends over time, describe 
geographic variation in cancer incidence throughout the country, and 
provide incidence data on minority populations and rare cancers. These 
activities and analyses further support CDC's planning and evaluation 
efforts for state and national cancer control and prevention. Finally, 
datasets compiled through the NPCR CSS have been made available to 
investigators for secondary analysis.
    CDC plans to request OMB approval to reinstate the NPCR CSS 
information collection, with changes. First, the frequency of reporting 
to CDC will be changed from an annual to a semi-annual schedule. The 
additional report will allow CDC to compile preliminary cancer 
incidence estimates in advance of the lengthy process of data 
validation required for each registry's final annual report. Second, 
data definitions for each report will be updated to reflect changes in 
national standards for cancer diagnosis, treatment, and coding. These 
changes will affect the standard reports for all NPCR-funded central 
cancer registries.
    The third set of changes applies to a subset of 10 cancer 
registries. These CCR received ARRA funding to develop common standards 
and reporting mechanisms for enhanced description of cases of breast 
cancer, colorectal cancer, and chronic myelogenous leukemia. The 
enhanced data items will support more in-depth analysis of treatment 
strategies and patient outcomes than is currently possible with the 
standard NPCR CSS information collection. The 10 registries that 
participated in the enhancement process will begin reporting the 
additional data items to CDC in 2013 as part of their routine 
submission. CDC plans to make de-identified data available for 
comparative effectiveness research.
    OMB approval will be requested for three years. Respondents will be 
48 NPCR-supported central cancer registries in the U.S. (45 states, the 
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Pacific Islands 
jurisdictions). Information will be reported electronically to CDC 
twice per year. The first report will consist of a single-year file for 
data that includes diagnosis 12 months past the close of the diagnosis 
year. The second report will consist of a cumulative file containing 
incidence data from the first diagnosis year for which the cancer 
registry collected data with the assistance of NPCR funds (e.g., 1995) 
through 24 months past the close of the diagnosis year (e.g., 2010 data 
submitted in 2012). The estimated burden per response is two hours. 
Because cancer incidence data are already collected, aggregated and 
used for analyses at the state level, the additional burden of 
reporting the information to CDC is modest and the number of data items 
in the report does not affect the estimated burden per response.
    There are no costs to respondents except their time. The total 
estimated annualized burden hours are 192.

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                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                     Number of    Average burden
              Respondents                       Form name            Number of     responses per   per response
                                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)
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Central Cancer Registries in States,    Standard NPCR CSS Report              38               2               2
 Territories, and the District of
 Columbia.
                                        Enhanced NPCR Report....              10               2               2
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Ron A. Otten,
Director, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the Associate 
Director for Science, Office of the Director, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2013-08912 Filed 4-16-13; 8:45 am]
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