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Lung Cancer Screening: Best Practice for Your Patients

Part of the 2020 Recommendations and Best Practices for Cancer Screenings Series, this session focuses on assessment of patients for lung cancer screening along with national best practices and barriers to accessing screening.

Presenter: Christina Alsop, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, AOCNP

Provides 1.00 hour of CE/CME credit (Presented on Sep 2, 2020; November 1, 2020; Expires November 1, 2022)

Cost: $30

Learning Objectives

Following participation in this course, participants should be able to:

Lung Cancer Collaborative

Lung cancer prevention and early detection advocates--and any survivors!--are invited to join us as we work together to achieve objectives and implement strategies outlined in the Nevada Cancer Plan. That includes tobacco use and exposure, radon exposure, and lung cancer screening. The group meets quarterly, usually for 1.5 hours. 

Email Christine@nevadacancercoalition.org to RSVP for the meeting and get the link.

Valerie Martinez, CHW1

Valerie joined NCC in October 2021 as the Coalition's first southern Nevada staff member. Valerie was born in Los Angeles, California and has lived in Las Vegas for nearly two decades. She is excited to bring her years of experience and resources as a Case Manager to NCC to support Nevadans. She has a Bachelor of Science in Human Service Counseling from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family and friends, her fur baby, cooking, traveling, and self-care.

Nevada Oncology Society 2021 Fall Conference

NOS brings back its in-person fall conference with an evening program to accommodate clinicians' busy schedules. The program will feature three hours of inspirational education on the latest clinical advances, hands-on strategies for applying new cancer therapies into the treatment care plan, and collaborative opportunities through in-person networking. 

The conference is from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov 4 at Whitney Peak Hotel in Reno, Nevada. For more information visit www.nos-nevada.com