What are NCIs plans for using the NHIS to monitor cancer control issues in the future?
NCI plans to continue collaborating with the CDC Division of Cancer Prevention and Control to monitor health behaviors and use of cancer prevention services included in the Healthy People Objectives. The NHIS Cancer Control Supplement (CCS) is administered every 5 years. The most recent data available from the CCS are 2008. The next CCS will be fielded in 2010.