All,
In follow up to the NCI/NAACCR Cancer Reporting Zone Project webinar held on October 23, we are sending you the slides and a questionnaire related to this project. A recording of the webinar is expected to be available next week.
Please fill in the questionnaire by November 15th if you are interested in participating in the project. Completed questionnaires can be sent to me, Zaria Tatalovich (tatalovichzp@mail.nih.gov), with Dave Stinchcomb (DavidStinchcomb@westat.com) and Diane Ng (DianeNg@westat.com) cc'd on the email
Here is our plan and estimated timeline:
- Interested registries fill in the (attached) request for information
- NCI selects up to six registries for the first round
- We expect the process to take about 3 months with the rolling set of registries - when one finishes a new one would be added
Phase 1 (about 4 weeks)
– Kick-off presentation to participating registries
– Discuss the nature of existing geographic areas
– Westat generates zones and presents few alternative zoning solutions
Phase 2 (about 8-12 weeks)
– Registries review the alternative zone solutions, consult with stakeholders and make the final selection of the optimal zone design
– Zone naming
– Develop online tool with new zones for use with your registry
• Registries enter cancer rates and contextual variables
– Enter data in a common web site
– Help us work through the deployment of zone reporting
– National reporting
All the best,
--Zaria
Zaria Tatalovich, PhD [NIH]
Program Director | Geospatial Science
Surveillance Research Program
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences
National Cancer Institute
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