"As our community grows, as the need for cancer care grows, so must we. We owe it to our community to be here for anyone who needs the best cancer care close to home.
-Tom Cothran, Executive Director
To meet the growing cancer care needs of our region, the Tri-Cities Cancer Center recently completed construction of a 25,087 square foot, $7 million expansion to the facility. The expansion project provides much needed space for current services and increase options for additional services and programs in the future.
Planners originally estimated the Cancer Center would treat 25 patients per day. In 2007, an average of 41 radiation therapy patients were treated daily. Patient numbers are increasing due to increased general life expectancy, population growth in our region, and cancer patients living longer with their diseases due to medical advances in cancer treatment.
Download the Expansion Project Brief, a one page summary of the project and its impacts. Expansion Project Brief
The Tri-Cities Cancer Center is the home of advanced radiation technology, competitive with any cancer center in the region. To offer patients complete care, the Cancer Center leases space to Columbia Basin Hematology and Oncology (CBHO), a provider of chemotherapy and other medical oncology treatments. The expansion provides new space for CBHO and patients who receive medical oncology treatments. Having CBHO at the Cancer Center provides patients with comprehensive cancer care at one location, and allows for communication between doctors and medical professionals to coordinate a patient’s combined care.
In addition to CBHO, the building currently houses other organizations supporting cancer therapy: Tri-City Laboratory, Blue Mountain Oncology, and the Tri-Cities Cancer Center Foundation. These collaborations allow us to increase patient convenience, coordinate care, and support the cancer journey with patient-centric programming.