CS Memo

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES Public Health Service

Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention (CDC)

Memorandum

Date July 10, 2007

From Laura Seeff M.D., Division of Cancer Prevention and Control

Subject Data sharing regarding the Colorectal Cancer Screening Demonstration Program (CRCSDP) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), ICR#, 200703-0920-006, (0920-05CJ)

To Catina Conner, Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, OMB, Confidentiality and Privacy Act Management

The Colorectal Cancer Screening Demonstration Program (CRCSDP), a program of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), was initiated to explore the feasibility of establishing a colorectal cancer screening program for the underserved U.S. population. The purpose of the CRCSDP is to reduce colorectal cancer morbidity and mortality among the low income, medically under-served by providing community based screening and diagnostic services. The CRCSDP involves 5 cooperative agreement awardees in various settings across the U.S.

There are no plans to make CRCSDP clinical data available as a public-use dataset.

In the event that the program is expanded nationwide in the future, CDC will establish a data sharing agreement that will include the following:

• Review and approval of all data sharing requests by a multidisciplinary CRCSDP Team at CDC

• Require CDC collaboration and written approval prior to presentation or publication of analyses

• Well-defined restrictions for use and presentation of data