As work continues on renovations to its first building — open since 2005 — construction on the second, three-story administrative building will begin later this month, Murdock said. The expansion, which will add 101,000-square-feet to the campus, includes office and research space, a 200-seat conference center, a medical library and a parking garage. The building is planned for three acres to the west of the existing building.

The campus is located on One Breakthrough Way, near Town Center Drive and the Las Vegas Beltway.

The institute is already at capacity, and without the expansion, would not have the space to add research and clinical faculty, said Sandy Murdock, Nevada Cancer Institute's president and chief operating officer.

"Essentially, we have people doubling up in offices," Murdock said. "We're out of space. In order to improve programming and do science we need to add additional space."

While the institute will occupy two of the three stories, the move will give the institute space to move its administrative offices from a remote location, as well as add support services, clinical trials, biostatisics and continued medical education.

The expansion is a partnership between the Nevada Cancer Institute, a nonprofit organization, and American Nevada Company, owned by the Greenspun family, publishers of In Business Las Vegas.

In a statement, Nevada Cancer Institute co-founder Heather Murren credited the "great strides" the institute has made over the past two years to the community's support of the organization.

"Our expansion allows us to continue pushing the envelope in innovative oncology care and research for the residents of Nevada," Murren said in the statement.

The expansion will allow the institute to more than double its clinical and research faculty from 30 to 80 over a five-year span, Murdock said.

About $100 million has been donated to the institute since its inception, she said.

In other news:

• The Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Partnership Plan in Nevada received a state immunization award Sept. 27 from the Nevada Immunization Coalition.

Anthem received the Outstanding Corporate Partnership Silver Syringe Award for its support in immunizing 5,000 at-risk children in the state.

The health insurer donated $3,000, in addition to in-kind donations of its staff's time and resources to several immunization clinics in Las Vegas and Reno. It also was a sponsor of the first Back To School Immunization Week, when the immunization coalition gave shots to more than 1,600 children.

• The Nevada Healthcare Summit meets 1:30-4 p.m. on Oct. 17 at Health Insights Community Room, 6830 W. Oquendo Road. The group, made up primarily of health care professionals, discusses issues going on in the health care industry, with an eye on finding solutions.

• The Children's Heart Foundation is looking for businesses and community members to support its annual fundraiser, Walk with the Heart of a Child. The fundraiser, a 3K walk, is scheduled for Feb. 9 at Fashion Show mall. The foundation, whose mission it is to improve the care and quality of life for children in Nevada with heart problems, can be reached at 967-3522 or chfn.org.

• The Nevada Cancer Institute is offering digital mammograms for $50 during October, National Breast Cancer Awareness month. To schedule an appointment, call 822-5416.