Arroyo Grande Community Hospital
Coastal Cancer Care
Nurturing the Seeds of Hope
With at least 1300 people being diagnosed with cancer in San Luis Obispo County each year, chances are, the disease has touched your family. Until now, nearly 30% of all new local cancer patients have found it necessary to travel out of our area for treatment. That’s why Arroyo Grande Community Hospital (AGCH) and a dedicated group of local physicians partnered to establish the Coastal Cancer Care in Pismo Beach.
When cancer strikes, people want their care provided close to home by doctors and a hospital they have come to know and trust. AGCH's The Coastal Cancer Care is the first of its kind on the Central Coast, and one of a few such centers in the nation offering convenient access to the latest in prevention, diagnosis, treatment and clinical trials. The center houses extensive services in a thoughtfully designed office located on the Pismo Medical Campus – only 1.8 miles form Arroyo Grande Community Hospital.
Arroyo Grande Community Hospital’s Coastal Cancer Care is a place that focuses on the whole person and their family, not just the disease. It’s a place where a team of experts meets regularly to discover new and better ways to comfort and cure. It’s place that is shaping the future of how we care fro our mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters, friends and neighbors with cancer.
Once a patient is diagnosed with any kind of cancer, they will be referred to make an appointment with our Nurse Navigator who works at the Coastal Cancer Care. Every patient of AGCH's Coastal Cancer Care Center is partnered with her – a highly-skilled nurse specially-trained to help you navigate screening needs and the different treatment options you will encounter. Through her, you will find not only information, but also an important source of support.
The AGCH's Coastal Cancer Care is located at 921 Oak Park Boulevard, Suite 100B, Pismo Beach, CA. Also at the same location is the AGCH's Coastal Diagnostic Center.
You can contact our Nurse Navigator there by calling 805.481.7245.
Arroyo Grande Community Hospital is proud to announce that our Coastal Cancer Care and Diagnostic Center has been awarded accreditation as a Community Hospital Cancer Program, earning 7 out of 7 commendations by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer (CoC). This honor and distinction places us among only 1,480 cancer programs nationwide to earn this sought-after accreditation and the only one in San Luis Obispo County to do so. In addition, we have been awarded the 2009 CoC Outstanding Achievement Award – one of only 4 recipients in California and 80 in the U.S.
Read the AGCH 2009 Annual Cancer Report for the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer (click).
Chemotherapy Drug Sheets(click)
