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New Colon Cancer Screening Guideline Released...What Does It Mean?
07 July, 2018
In May 2018 American Cancer Society released an updated guideline for colorectal cancer screening. The new recommendation says regular screening…
Summit Scholarships Now Available
06 June, 2018
We have scholarships!
This year the Nevada Cancer Control Summit has a limited number of scholarship opportunities for both students and cancer…
NCC Highlights Survivorship at Nevada Libraries
06 June, 2018
Nevada Cancer Coalition's most recent survivorship project is a new partnership bringing information and support to the community in the places where…
NCC Donates Sunscreen Dispensers to Northern Nevada Nonprofits
05 May, 2018
Three northern Nevada nonprofits received free automatic sunscreen dispensers and a supply of sunscreen through a community donation program launched…
Nevada Cancer Coalition Offers Free Sunscreen Dispensers
05 May, 2018
Nevada Cancer Coalition is recognizing Skin Cancer Detection & Prevention Month by awarding five automatic sunscreen dispensers to nonprofits in…
Learn the 5 S’s to Be Sun Smart This Summer
05 May, 2018
It’s once again Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month, recognized May 1 – 31 each year. Bookended by Melanoma Monday, this year May 7, and Don’t…
New Transportation Options Available to Northern Nevada Patients
04 April, 2018
Transportation to and from cancer treatments can be a challenge, and for some, getting to treatment can be one of the biggest roadblocks to cancer…
Sun Smart Schools Vies for 'A Community Thrives' Grant
03 March, 2018
We've thrown our wide-brimmed hat into the ring for the Gannett Foundation's 'A Community Thrives' program for a chance to win a $25,000 fan favorite…
Checking In on World Cancer Day
02 February, 2018
by Kristen Power
Here we are again. National Cancer Prevention Month has begun and World Cancer Day is, once again, just a few days away (on February…
Empowerment in Survivorship Through Self-Love
01 January, 2018
Ashley L. doesn’t consider herself to be a survivor.
“I just shoved it away and disassociated from the entire experience,” she says of the CIN 3…
Sun Smart Schools Wraps a Successful 2017
12 December, 2017
Sun Smart Schools, NCC's signature skin cancer prevention program for Nevada's students, kicked off its second year of programming in the 2016-17…
From the RGJ: 'Get Your Affairs in Order. Make a Bucket List.'
12 December, 2017
This is an excerpt from Reno Gazette-Journal published in May 2017. To read the full story, click the link at the end.
The boy approached…