03-26167. National Cancer Institute; Notice of Closed Meeting

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is hereby given of the meeting of the President's Cancer Panel.

The meeting will be open to the public as indicated below, with attendance limited to space available. Individuals who plan to attend and need special assistance, such as sign language interpretation or other reasonable accommodations, should notify the Contact Person listed below in advance of the meeting.

The meeting will be closed to the public in accordance with the provisions set forth in section 552b(c)(9)(B), Title 5 U.S.C., as amended because the premature disclosure of information and the discussions would be likely to significantly frustrate implementation of recommendations.

Name of Committee: President's Cancer Panel.

Date: November 4-5, 2003.

Open: November 4, 2003, 8 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.

Agenda: Living Beyond Cancer: Adult Cancer Survivorship.

Place: Sheraton Birmingham Hotel, 2101 Civic Center Boulevard, Birmingham, AL 35203.

Open: November 4, 2003, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Agenda: Town Hall Meeting.

Place: Sheraton Birmingham Hotel, 2101 Civic Center Boulevard, Birmingham, AL 35203.

Closed: November 5, 2003, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Agenda: To review and evaluate discussion of prepublication manuscripts on adult cancer survivorship.

Place: Sheraton Birmingham Hotel, 2101 Civic Center Boulevard, Birmingham, AL 35203.

Contact Person: Maureen Wilson, PhD, Executive Secretary, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 31 Center Drive, Building 31, Room 3A18, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301/496-1148.

This meeting is being published less than 15 days prior to the meeting due to scheduling conflicts.

Any interested person may file written comments with the committee by forwarding the statement to the Contact Person listed on this notice. The statement should include the name, address, telephone number and, when applicable, the business or professional affiliation of the interested person.

Information is also available on the Institute's/Center's home page: deainfo.nci.nih.gov/advisory/pcp/pcp.htm, where an agenda and any additional information for the meeting will be posted when available.

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 93.392, Cancer Construction; 93.393, Cancer Cause and Prevention Research; 93.394, Cancer Detection and Diagnosis Research; 93.395, Cancer Treatment Research; 93.396, Cancer Biology Research; 93.397, Cancer Centers Support; 93.398, Cancer Research Manpower; 93.399, Cancer Control, National Institutes of Health, HHS)

Dated: October 8, 2003.

LaVerne Y. Stringfield,

Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.