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Scripps Health Breaks Ground on $59M Cancer Center

A $59 million cancer center on the campus of Scripps Mercy Hospital that’s geared toward the central and southern parts of San Diego recently broke ground.

The outpatient facility — set to open to patients in spring 2022 — will house radiation therapy, patient support services, and a 20-chair infusion center for chemotherapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy and other treatments.

It will be the second Scripps Health cancer hub, both of which are under a partnership with the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. In 2012, the first hub opened in La Jolla, with other Scripps hospitals and outpatient sites also offering cancer care.

Called the Prebys Cancer Center, it’s named after the late philanthropist Conrad Prebys, who in 2016 pledged a $20 million gift toward the facility and a $5 million gift for an endowed medical director position. The facility’s name and gifts were unveiled during an Aug. 9 groundbreaking ceremony.

A mixture of philanthropy, borrowing and operating income will fund the 40,000-square-foot, four-story center.

Scripps called the facility’s approach multidisciplinary.

“Prebys Cancer Center will complement our multidisciplinary team approach to cancer care, by bringing physicians, caregivers and services around the patient in a single location,” said in a news release Dr. Thomas Buchholz, medical director of Scripps MD Anderson Cancer Center and a Scripps clinic radiation oncologist.

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