UC San Diego Health selects e+CancerCare to operate Chula Vista radiation center

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UC SAN DIEGO HEALTH selected e+CancerCare, a national operator of outpatient cancer care centers, to operate the UC San Diego Health – Chula Vista radiation oncology facility.

e+CancerCare will fully manage operations allowing affiliated physicians, UC San Diego faculty, nurses and staff. It will serve as the company’s first center in California and its first collaboration with an academic health system.

The Chula Vista facility, which focuses on patients of Moores Cancer Center, includes patient navigators and clinical staff. Founded in 2002, e+CancerCare runs 22 centers in nine states, providing diagnostic testing, radiation oncology, medical oncology and ancillary services.

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