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UCLA Health opening cancer care facility in Atascadero

June 23, 2025

By KAREN VELIE

UCLA Health is opening a cancer care facility in Atascadero in July to treat all types of cancer through multiple therapies.

“We offer world-class care to our patients, as well as support for their loved ones, powered by ongoing research, the latest technology and a comprehensive, team-based, whole-person approach,” according to UCLA Health. “Book an appointment today and see for yourself what makes UCLA Health one of the most dependable names in health care.”

In 2019, UCLA Health opened a cancer care center in San Luis Obispo. Currently, about half of those seeking treatment in SLO live above the Cuesta Grade.

The new cancer care center opens on July 28 on El Camino Real.

 


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Since my primary care doctor retired and no replacement yet, I might wait until either I die or go to this new clinic for an oncologist. If I don’t need a doc until past 100, I’ll choose Doc & Merle Watson, Wreck Of The Old Number 9.


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Good. My wife was treated for her lung cancer, at the SLO office. Stage 4 at initial discovery, but was pushed down to stage 1 by the end of her cutting edge treatments. Her Oncologist said he was very happy the experimental treatments were able to destroy so much of the cancer so quickly. The lesion went from about tennis ball size, to almost a pinhead, in under a year.


While I did lose her to associated health problems (and no, not damn covid), she did NOT die of the cancer that was killing her, and gave me two more years with her, all thanks to the SLO UCLA clinic.


Absolute Godsend.


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I’m sorry for your loss… and yes this is good news for people in the north county…


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Thank you, Ram. I appreciate that.


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As a community, I believe we are very fortunate to have two UCLA cancer care facilities in our county.


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Excellent, we need access to world class heath care.


Unfortunately it won’t be well received by the community because they view UCLA as an evil socialist government funded leech sucking off of hard working red blooded Americans.


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Good job making a great medical opportunity for our community members with cancer to obtain locally unmatched treatment options of which you believe to be perceived as evil by our community.


On the contrary, I believe it will be widely accepted by our community and many will be thankful of the opening of UCLA’s cancer treatment center here in Atascadero.


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I believe you are correct. But I get the point Rambo was attempting to make.

I don’t think the users on the right will acknowledge the disconnect of being so FOR the benefits that a facility like this will provide and at the same time being so AGAINST paying for it.

They do so while cheering the threatening of cutting research and general funding for Blue state schools (UCLA) that serve the public equally. Why? Because politics is now a blood sport. Empathy, reason, and accommodation no longer win the day.


I am glad Army got that time with his wife, and i am willing to help pay for it so they next person gets it too. What about you?


Enjoy the chaos. I hope the leopards unleashed don’t come for you.


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