Enloe Health Gonzales Comprehensive Cancer Center
Construction Underway
In the North State, cancer is a leading cause of death.
Enloe Health recognizes the critical need for expanded services. The Enloe Health Gonzales Comprehensive Cancer Center, an approximately 100,000-square-foot state-of-the-art facility in Meriam Park, will remedy the dire need to increase cancer care in the North State. Located at the corner of East 20th Street and Bruce Road in Chico, this comprehensive center allows patients to receive care locally from start to finish. Enloe celebrated the beginning of construction for the new center on May 10, 2024. The opening is slated for the summer of 2026.
Surpassing Our Goal, Thanks to You
With immense gratitude and joy, the Enloe Health Foundation has incredible news to share. Together, we have not only reached our goal of raising $20 million for the Enloe Health Gonzales Comprehensive Cancer Center — but we have also exceeded it.
Your support has brought the new cancer center from vision to reality, and the progress on the building is a powerful testament to what we can achieve together. Because of your generosity, this milestone will have a lasting impact on cancer care in our region.
Every gift, every act of support and every expression of belief in this project has helped bring us to this moment. Thanks to you, we are creating a place of healing, hope, and world-class care for patients and families facing cancer, now and for generations to come.
Thank you, philanthropic supporters, for standing with us. This is your legacy, and we are honored to share it with you. You have our heartfelt appreciation.
Providing the Best Care Right Here
Hear Craig’s Story
“When you get a cancer diagnosis, it changes your whole world,” says Nicole Whitlatch, M.D., hematologist/oncologist.
Many in the community have experienced leading-edge cancer care at home, and support bringing more critical resources to the area. Craig Hill, a husband, father and grandfather, faced stage 4 esophageal cancer — a rare and aggressive cancer. He received groundbreaking immunotherapy treatment at Enloe.
“If Enloe wouldn’t have been here where I could get treatments and I would have had to travel, I wouldn’t have done it. I would have just stopped,” he said. “I’m so grateful we have something like the Cancer Center right here. They are a lifeline for me and so many other people in the area.”
He is not alone. In the U.S., about 41% of men and 39% of women will develop cancer during their lifetimes, according to the American Cancer Society. Nationally, cancer diagnoses continue to increase, affecting more than 1.5 million people each year.
Cancer Incidence Rates
Our region experiences higher rates of lung, female breast, colorectal, and prostate cancers than other parts of the state and the nation.
Cancer Mortality Rates
Tragically, due to gaps in diagnostic services targeting early detection, many cancers are diagnosed at a late stage, increasing mortality rates among North State residents.
Saving Lives
Survival rates increase significantly when patients have access to education, screening and early diagnosis, followed by leading-edge treatment, supportive therapies and aftercare services. That’s where the Enloe Health Gonzales Comprehensive Cancer Center comes in.
Wrap-Around Services
To help save lives, Enloe is building a new, centrally located comprehensive cancer center, where patients can get all of their cancer care from start to finish.
Pairing state-of-the art treatment and equipment with wrap-around services and therapies, the Enloe Health Gonzales Comprehensive Cancer Center will bring new hope to North State patients and their families, close to home.
One Location
By consolidating these world-class services in one place, Enloe will be able to better serve patients who often need to see several caregivers throughout their cancer journeys. The new center will also help Enloe attract — and retain — the highly skilled physicians Enloe patients have come to expect.
Plus, it will allow for more efficient, focused, productive, and fiscally responsible care, while continuing Enloe’s tradition of compassionate, individualized treatment and expanding care.
Serving Thousands
The new center will serve the region of Northern California between Colusa County and the Oregon border.
It will include advanced treatment options, new equipment, supportive therapies and more, such as:
- Linear accelerators
- Infusion chairs
- Examination and treatment rooms
- Clinical and administrative offices
- Physician and family meeting rooms
- Supportive services and therapies
- Education and wellness activities
- And relaxing respite areas
New & Expanded Services
The new center will bring new and expanded services. See the chart to learn more.
Key:
- New or Expanded Service
- Existing Service
| Diagnosis |
Treatment |
Recovery |
More |
- Specialty Services
- Breast
- Ear/Nose/Throat
- Gastrointestinal
- Gynecology Oncology
- Pulmonary
- Melanoma
- Radiology
- Pathology
- Precision Medicine
- Genomic Testing
- Targeted Treatment Planning
- Genetic Testing
|
- Hematology
- Medical Oncology
- Radiation Oncology
- Surgical Oncology
- Breast
- Gastrointestinal
- Genitourinary
- Gynecology
- Neurology
- Orthopedic
- Surgical Oncology
- Thoracic
- Dermatology
- Interventional Radiology
|
- Integrative Services
- Acupuncture
- Chiropractic
- Massage
- Reiki
- Lymphedema
- Psychiatry
- Speech Therapy
- Physical Therapy/ Occupational Therapy
- Support Groups
- Survivorship Clinic
|
- Education
- High Risk Screening
- Vaccinations
|
You Make a Difference
Together, we have exceeded our goal of raising $20 million for the Enloe Health Gonzales Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Want to explore ways to lend your support? Contact the Enloe Health Foundation at 530-332-4550.
