The Nevada Cancer Coalition (NCC) will convene its Elevating Lung Cancer Screening: A Lung Cancer Collaborative Forum on Friday, April 17, 2026, at the Carpenters International Training Center in Las Vegas. The free, half-day event will run from 7 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and is designed to strengthen lung cancer screening programs, advance statewide collaboration and share best practices for improving early detection.
Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related death in Nevada. Early detection through systematic screening with low-dose CT has been shown to improve outcomes, yet statewide screening uptake remains a critical gap in care.
The forum will feature expert discussions on best practices in screening implementation, patient identification, referral pathways, shared decision-making, patient management and follow-up care — topics central to enhancing quality and outcomes. Continuing education credits will be available for participating health care professionals.
Agenda highlights include a breakfast and welcome session on Nevada’s lung cancer burden, expert presentations on screening practices by Dr. Vishisht Mehta of the Lung Center of Nevada and Dr. Kathleen Graham of Renown Health, a talk on community outreach strategies and insights on building sustainable lung cancer screening systems.
NCC expects the forum to foster multidisciplinary collaboration among radiologists, primary care physicians, oncologists, public health practitioners and other stakeholders invested in lung cancer early detection and control. Registration is free but required due to limited capacity.
This program is supported in part through contributions from Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation, Genentech, Amgen, Pfizer Oncology and Daiichi Sankyo.
