0960-AH43 201410 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0960 Social Security Administration SSA Revised Medical Criteria for Evaluating Cancer (Malignant Neoplastic Diseases) (3757F)

Sections 13.00 and 113.00, Malignant Neoplastic Diseases, of appendix 1 to subpart P of our regulations describe malignant neoplastic diseases that we consider severe enough to prevent an individual from doing any gainful activity or that cause marked and severe functional limitations for a child claiming SSI payments under title XVI. We will revise these sections to ensure that the medical evaluation criteria are up-to-date and consistent with the latest advances in medical knowledge and treatment.

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These final regulations are necessary to update the Malignant Neoplastic Diseases listings to reflect advances in medical knowledge, treatment, and methods of evaluating malignant neoplastic diseases. The changes will ensure that determinations of disability have a sound medical basis, that claimants receive equal treatment through the use of specific criteria, and that people who are disabled can be readily identified and awarded benefits if all other factors of entitlement or eligibility are met.

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Administrative--not required by statute or court order.

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We considered not revising the listings and continuing to use our current criteria. However, we believe that these revisions are preferable because of the medical advances that have been made in treating and evaluating these malignant neoplastic diseases and because of our adjudicative experience.

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Estimated costs--low.

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]]> NPRM 12/17/2013 78 FR 76508 NPRM Comment Period End 02/18/2014 Final Action 06/00/2015 No No None No No www.regulations.gov No No Cheryl Williams A. Director 0960 Social Security Administration SSA 410 965-1020 cheryl.a.williams@ssa.gov Office of Medical Policy, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore MD 21235-6401 Mark Kuhn Social Insurance Specialist 0960 Social Security Administration SSA 410 966-6109 Office of Medical Listings Improvement, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore MD 21235-6401 Brian Rudick Social Insurance Specialist, Regulations Writer 0960 Social Security Administration SSA 410 965-1483 brian.rudick@ssa.gov Office of Regulations and Reports Clearance, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore MD 21235-6401