Notice Number: NOT-CA-17-063
Key Dates
Release Date: July 10, 2017
Issued by
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Purpose
The purpose of this Notice is to correct PA-17-110 "Reducing Overscreening for Breast, Cervical, and Colorectal Cancers among Older Adults (R01)." The correction more accurately reflects the U. S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendation by changing the upper age limit for routine breast cancer screening in average risk women from 74 years to 75 years. Therefore, overscreening, for the purposes of this announcement, is routine screening of women aged 75 years and older.
The following "Key Definitions" subsection has been corrected (in italics):
Part 2. Full Text of Announcement, Section I. Funding Opportunity Description
Currently reads
Key Definitions for the context of this FOA:
Overscreening: Based on the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) evidence-based guidelines for breast, cervical and colorectal cancers, overscreening will be defined as the following:
Modified to read (in italics)
Key Definitions for the context of this FOA:
Overscreening: Based on the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) evidence-based guidelines for breast, cervical and colorectal cancers, overscreening will be defined as the following:
All other aspects of the FOA remain unchanged.
Inquiries
Please direct all inquiries to:
Erica S. Breslau, Ph.D., M.P.H.
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Telephone: 240-276-6773
Email: breslaue@mail.nih.gov
Marcel E. Salive, M.D., M.P.H.
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Telephone: 301-496-5278
Email: saliveme@mail.nih.gov