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Nevada Cancer Control Summit

Nevada Cancer Control Summit

Whitney Peak Hotel, Reno, Nevada
August 23-24, 2024

We're mixing it up this year and adjusting the timing and format of our annual Summit. Stay tuned for details on this 1-1/2 day event that will still include learning opportunities, exhibits, networking and more.

The Nevada Cancer Control Summit is a statewide conference featuring sessions on topics across the cancer continuum. It brings together physicians, nurses, advocates, survivors, administrators, and more to share cutting-edge information, update practitioners on the latest topics in cancer care, and strengthen the coalition to further cancer control efforts in Nevada.

The Summit offers continuing education credits for physicians, nurses, cancer registry professionals, and oftentimes credits for other specialty areas.

SUMMIT SUPPORT & EXHIBIT OPPORTUNITIES

Summit support and exhibit opportunities are now open! 

Download the Support Packet
Register Online Here

Being an exhibitor or sponsor at the Nevada Cancer Control Summit gives your organization the opportunity to support cancer control in Nevada and education and networking for cancer control professionals throughout the state. 

Based on past participation, we expect the attendees to reflect the following:

  • 140-170 Attendees from across Nevada
  • 35% oncology professionals including physicians, nurses, and administrators
  • 10% cancer registry professionals
  • 25% public health professionals
  • 25% primary care professionals including doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and care coordinators

Register and pay by May 1, 2024 to ensure inclusion in our printed materials.
Please note, our exhibitor space is limited and we will sell out. Those who have made payment on their commitment will receive priority.

2024 AGENDA

Friday, Aug. 23

7:30 a.m.Registration, Breakfast, Networking and Exhibits 
8 a.m.Welcome and Opening Plenary Session: A panel discussion with Nevada Survivors 
9:05-9:55 a.m.

Breakout: Survivorship needs for people living with advanced and metastatic cancers

Kristie Howlett, MS, CNS, NP-C, AOCNP, Howlett Integrative Cancer Care

Breakout: Prevention & early detection lightning round
9:55-10:15 a.m.Break, Networking and Exhibits 
10:15-11:05 a.m.

Breakout: Cancer-Related Cognitive Impairment

Arash Asher, MD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Breakout: Prevention/early detection session
11:10 a.m.-12 p.m.

Plenary Session: What you need to know about working with the LGBTQ+ patient

Scout, National LGBT Cancer Network

 
12-1:15 p.m.Lunch, Exhibits, Group Discussions 
1:15-2:45 p.m.Cancer in Nevada: Setting Our Priorities Workshop with Data PresentationRSVP Only Breakout #1: Sexual health workshop: The 30-Second Conversation - limited to 8 participants, 90 minutes
2:45-3 p.m.Break, Networking and Exhibits 
3-3:45 p.m.

What's policy got to do with it?

Randy Johnson, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network

RSVP Only Breakout #2 (tentative): Sexual health workshop: The 30-Second Conversation - limited to 8 participants, 90 minutes
3:45-4:30 p.m.

How I Use Artificial Intelligence

Colonel (Ret.) John Westhoff, MD, MPH, FACEP, FACOEM, FAWM, University of Nevada, Reno

 
4:30-6 p.m.Awards Reception, Poster Session and Networking 
   

 

Saturday, Aug. 24 - Clinical Oncology Focus

 

8 a.m.

Next Generation Sequencing and Biomarkers

Breakfast session sponsored by Foundation Medicine

 
9:05-10 a.m.

Advances in metastatic and neoadjuvant breast cancer

Dr. Lee Schwartzberg, Renown’s Pennington Institute for Cancer

 
10 -10:15 a.m.Break & Exhibits 
10:15 - 11:15 a.m.Navigational Bronchoscopy and Lung Cancer Detection 
11:15 a.m. - 12 p.m.TBD 

 

REGISTER NOW

 

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: POSTER SESSION ON AUG. 23

We are pleased to invite you to submit abstracts for posters for the 2024 Nevada Cancer Control Summit in Reno, Nevada. This event represents an opportunity to showcase projects and programs in cancer control, including evidence-based cancer prevention and screening initiatives, innovative cancer research and use of data, and advances in treatment of patients with cancer. Posters will be on display Friday afternoon/evening during the Awards and Poster Reception, and Saturday.

General Information:

  1. All abstracts must be submitted no later than June 14, 2024
  2. Submit abstracts electronically to kristen@nevadacancercoalition.org
  3. One page document with 1 inch margins
  4. Preferred limit of 300 words not including project/program name, organization and author/contact information.

Abstract Format:

  1. Project/program name
  2. Organization
  3. List of author(s) and/or contact person(s)
  4. Background
  • Purpose or intent of the project or program
  • Problem or issue addressed
  • Target population
  • Any project partners
  1. Methods
  • Study design
  • Key activities and timelines
  1. Results
  2. Conclusion
  • Include any lessons learned and opportunities for replication

 

Please direct questions to Kristen Hackbarth at (775) 451-1670 x 105 or via email at kristen@nevadacancercoalition.org. Thank you!

Download Instructions here.

APPLY: PREVENTION & EARLY DETECTION LIGHTNING ROUND

Submissions are open for the 2024 Lightning Round session at the Nevada Cancer Control Summit. If you have a project you would like to share, submit here!