Committee Details

This NAACCR TF will address issues with the collection and use of cancer surveillance data on, and for, AIAN people. AIAN people have a unique cancer burden, which has been described in several published manuscripts. However, there are also documented difficulties with these analyses (e.g., misclassification of AIAN race in both the numerator and the denominator). With recent changes at NCHS with regards to race data for mortality and the national move towards non-bridged race denominators, we anticipate that these issues will only be magnified. This TF will convene with Tribal partners to discuss and describe some of these issues and provide recommendations to the cancer surveillance community to improve our assessments of the burden of cancer in this population.

Responsible for NAACCR Certification results.

The CRN is a coordinating body for CiNA data use and best practices, primarily through identifying and supporting CiNA-related manuscripts. CRN also provides coordination of these manuscripts for publication and mentor/mentee opportunities for NAACCR members.

The Geospatial Resources & Analysis (GRA) workgroup was formed to address the appropriate uses of geographic information systems (GIS) and spatial research in cancer registry practice.

Create resources to support cancer registry work including appropriate population estimates and ABSM. Special focus during this period on releasing previously developed tract-level population estimates, adjusting for loss of bridged-race and issue with Census 2020 due to differential privacy.

The focus of the RAHT is to create a comprehensive set of resources to support all aspects of data use and research in central cancer registries. The content produced by the RAHT is intended to be an authoritative source to support both new and experienced registry staff.

The focus of the SMB WG is to generate data-driven, original content for social media and the NAACCR Website. The content produced by the SMB WG is intended to promote the use of CiNA data and highlight research being conducted either by our members or using cancer surveillance data.