Information for the NAACCR Call for Data
- Call for Data Letter 8/21/25
Each year, NAACCR has a Call for Data (CFD) for its certification process and to produce a new set of Cancer in North America (CiNA) data products.
The NAACCR Data Use and Research and the Certification Committees invite you to submit incident cancer cases from your registry for the years 1995 through 2023 to be used for cancer statistics, surveillance, and research projects and activities.
All data must be submitted using the NAACCR Record Layout Version 25, and all variables must conform to NAACCR standard definitions and codes, as described in Volume II, Version 25 of the NAACCR Standards for Cancer Registries: Data Standards and Data Dictionary.
In addition, NAACCR requests that registries also include 2024 cases in their submission. The 2024 cases will be used for evaluation purposes only and will not impact inclusion in CiNA or Certification. The 2024 cases may be submitted after regular submission.
For any CFD questions or concerns, please contact Recinda Sherman. To keep up-to-date with any changes or additions to this website, please join the Call For Data Listserv by contacting Tricia Kulmacz.
2025 NAACCR Call for Data (CFD) Instructional Webinar
This instructional webinar will cover the NAACCR CFD process and highlighted critical changes for this year. this includes new data items and the required tumor-level de-duplication protocol.
Slides
Assigning Census Tracts (Point in Polygon Procedure)
New this year, please also have your geocoding staff view the “Assigning Census Tracts” webinar for for CFD related content. This NAACCR Talk was originally presented on Aug 18th, 2025
- General Instructions – 8/24/25
- Certification and CiNA Call for Data Items 2025 – 8/25/25
- Data Assurance Agreement – 8/25/25 This document is for reference only. Please use the DAA available in the CFD Portal to sign.
- Annual Call for Data Consents – Coming Soon. This document is for reference only. Please use the Consents available in the CFD Portal to sign.
- Data Quality Criteria – 8/25/25
- Data Selection Criteria – 8/15/25
- How to Include Non-Standard Data Items Instructions 8/15/25
- VPR-CLS Instructions – 8/25/25
- CaRI Database Update/Review Instructions – 9/1/21 (Still current for 2025)
- NCCR Submission Instructions – 8/25/25
- NCCR Call for Data Items – 8/25/25
Data Destruction
Here is information regarding data destruction procedures for older data submissions.
Survival
Here is information regarding the CFD “Calculate Survival Time In Months” and “Create Cause Specific And Other Death Classification.” We no longer support specific SAS programs, however, these variables can be generated using NAACCR*Prep & File*Pro.
EDITS
- v25 CFD Edits Metafile – 8/22/25
- Inter-Record (IR) Edits-Coming Soon
The final NAACCR Call for Data file must be submitted in v25 and clear the v25 CFD Edits. For registries that have not converted to v25, the Northcon conversion software may be used to convert a file from v24 to v25.
NAACCR*Prep
- NAACCR*Prep Instructions –Coming Soon
- NAACCR*Prep Executable File –Coming Soon
Configuration Files- Coming Soon
Zip files include both Canadian and US configuration resources
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2023 Certification
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1995-2023 CiNA with or without 12 month (2024)
- 2024 12 month only
Special Project US Configuration Files – Coming Soon
- US VPR 1995-2023
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US Supplemental NCCR 1995-2024
DEDUPLICATION
Match*Pro Deduplication Protocol
- Patient-Level Match*Pro Training – August 2022 Training (Requires MyNAACCR Login)
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Tumor-Level Match*Pro Training – March 2023 Training (Requires MyNAACCR Login)
- Match*Pro Deduplication Resources
- Please note
Match*Pro Software
- Link to download current Match*Pro – Coming Soon. Please Note:This year Match*Pro has been fully reconfigured on the backend. Resources will be available soon.
COMPLETENESS
REVIEW XML FILES
File*Pro can be used to view and manage large cancer data files formatted according to NAACCR Data Exchange Standards and export XML or CSV files for review or analysis. It can also be configured to be used with any data stored in a fixed column or CSV file format. For use with the Call for Data process, File*Pro can provide an overview of data items included in an XML file and their fill rate, and it can calculate the standard derived fields (survival, NHAPIIA, poverty, etc).
File*Pro (direct link) https://seer.cancer.gov/tools/filepro/
XML Exchange Plus can also be used to view and manage large cancer data files formatted according to NAACCR Data Exchange Standards and export XML or CSV files for review or analysis.
Exchange Plus (direct link) https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/npcr/tools/registryplus/xml-exchange-plus.htm
Tools are also available to translate XML files for review in SAS.
Welcome to the NAACCR Call for Data Submission Site! Log-in here, using your MyNAACCR credentials, to submit your CFD file, complete your electronic submission forms, and post your signed Data Assurance Agreement and consent forms.
- The NAACCR Call for Data Submission Portal will open November 1, 2025. The CFD Submission is due Midnight EST, Tuesday December 2, 2025.
- If you have a new account or are unable to access the Submission site, please contact Recinda Sherman.
You may also log-in here to access your current and historic Data Assessment Reports as well as update/review your registry information in the CaRI database.
- To use the Data Visualization Tool in the Data Assessment Reports, you will need to download Tableau Reader (free software) available here.
- Access to the CaRI Database and the registry-specific Data Assessment Reports is always available—even if the CFD Submission Portal is closed.
