Prescott has a new place to fight cancer close to home. City of Hope Cancer Center Prescott, a 23,000-square-foot facility at 5430 Landmark Lane, celebrated its grand opening with more than 150 community members, physicians, patients and local leaders gathering to mark the occasion.
The celebration, reported by Your Valley, featured a ceremonial ribbon cutting led by City of Hope Arizona President Laurie Sicaeros alongside six physicians: Alan H. Bryce, Aleksandar Sekulic, Donn Marshall Davis, Allan V. Espinosa-Morazan, Iyad Hamarneh and Alan Langerak. Guests enjoyed live music, local cuisine and a custom luggage tag activity as part of the evening, according to the same report. Organizers called the opening an important milestone in expanding access to specialized cancer care across Northern Arizona, the outlet noted.
Inside, the center houses 17 exam rooms and 36 infusion bays, according to azbigmedia.com. The site offers consultations in medical oncology, radiation oncology and breast surgical oncology, along with advanced treatments including cellular therapies, precision medicine, genomic testing and immunotherapy, per the same report. Each patient receives a personalized treatment plan tailored to their unique diagnosis, the outlet reports.
Fast Access and Coordinated Care
Fast Access and Coordinated Care City of Hope’s Prescott clinic offers comprehensive staging. The Prescott clinic can run chemotherapy infusions for up to 36 patients at one time, the site states. A team of medical, radiation and surgical oncologists work together to build cancer care plans tailored to each patient’s diagnosis and treatment goals, per the same source.
For patients who need more advanced treatment or surgery, the Prescott site is designed to coordinate seamlessly with City of Hope’s specialty cancer hospital in Goodyear, Arizona, azbigmedia.com reports. That connection plugs Prescott patients into a collaborative network of more than 2,000 physicians and scientists across the country, the outlet notes. City of Hope’s Arizona headquarters is based in Goodyear, Your Valley reports.
A Growing Need Across Northern Arizona
More than 42,000 Arizonans are diagnosed with cancer each year, according to azbigmedia.com’s report on the Prescott opening. The new center arrives at a moment when Northern Arizona’s cancer-care infrastructure is expanding on multiple fronts. Northern Arizona Healthcare broke ground this past March on a planned 30,000-square-foot cancer center at the Verde Valley Medical Center campus in Cottonwood, according to Flagstaff Business News. That project is expected to consolidate all cancer services under one roof and is slated for completion by fall 2027, the outlet reports.
Flagstaff Medical Center has also added cancer capacity, opening a medical oncology clinic that offers medical oncology, radiation oncology and infusion services in one location, according to Arizona Daily Sun. That clinic’s team includes radiologists, pathologists, social workers, mastectomy fitters, a nurse navigator, a clinical pharmacist and a genetic counselor, per the same report.
Together, these projects suggest a region working to keep more cancer patients closer to home rather than sending them south to the Valley for treatment. For Prescott specifically, City of Hope frames its new center as building on relationships already established by local physicians who have long cared for the community, giving patients access to nationally recognized expertise without leaving their support systems behind.
