Nevada Cancer Coalition campaigns for Lung Cancer Awareness Month [Video]

RENO, Nev. (KOLO) – November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month and Nevada Cancer Coalition (NCC) and its partners are working to educate Nevadans about early detection of this all-too-common cancer that affects thousands of Nevadans every year. Newer, more effective screening has helped some people to find their lung cancer earlier when it’s easier to treat and survive, but the disease remains the #1 cancer killer in Nevada by far. Each year more people will die of lung cancer than of colorectal and breast cancer combined.

Sarah Grocki, community engagement manager, and Cari Herington, NCC’s executive director, stopped by Morning Break to share the ways NCC is helping spread awareness about this deadly disease and the screenings available that many people don’t take advantage of.

Nevada Cancer Coalition is working to get the word out with “Screen Your Lungs” yard signs which can easily replace campaign signs after the election on front lawns …