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TL:DREarlier this month, the long-awaited $400 million, eight-story outpatient tower opened on the City of Hope campus in Duarte – the centerpiece of a $1 billion campus modernization and expansion drive.City of Hope is one of 57 comprehensive cancer centers designated by the National Cancer Institute that meet its standards for cancer prevention, cancer research and clinical services. It also conducts research into diabetes.
The new tower and surrounding gardens, collectively called Hope Plaza, replace four smaller buildings that were demolished.
The 350,000-square-foot tower is the largest outpatient facility among City of Hope’s 38 locations across the nation. It aims to bring together cancer experts across specialties in one place, making patient care easier and more convenient for patients and their families.More than 35,000 people each year in Los Angeles County are diagnosed with cancer, and the trend line is skewing younger, according to Marcel van den Brink, president of City of Hope Los Angeles and of City of Hope National Medical Center.[..]