Data Collection and Data Flow Process

National Program of Cancer Registries Cancer Surveillance System (NPCR-CSS)
Data Collection and Process Flow Chart

Step 1: Diagnostic or
treatment event at local site

Step 2: Collection of
surveillance data at local
site by providers (e.g.
hospital-based registry)

Step 3: Data cleared and
processed by providers
Step 7: CCR use and
dissemination of individual
CCR data

Step 6: CCR notifies local
site of data errors

Step 4: Data sent to central
cancer registry (CCR) by
providers

Step 5: CCR consolidates,
checks errors, formats and
sends data to CDC
electronically

NPCR-CSS

Step 8: CDC processes
data submission from
individual CCR

Step 9: Data enhanced and
aggregated

Step 11: Public-use
datasets

Step 10: NPCR-CSS data
evaluation reports