{"id":417213,"date":"2026-08-26T12:46:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T12:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/417213\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T12:46:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T12:46:31","slug":"cancer-center-vision-outlined-at-central-business-association-luncheon-in-el-paso-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/417213\/","title":{"rendered":"Cancer center vision outlined at Central Business Association luncheon in El Paso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 El Paso healthcare leaders discussed plans for a proposed comprehensive cancer center during the Central Business Association\u2019s August luncheon Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The luncheon, held at the El Paso Convention Center, featured Dr. Richard Lange, president of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, and Jacob Cintr\u00f3n, CEO of University Medical Center of El Paso.<\/p>\n<p>The presentation, titled \u201cThe Making of a Comprehensive Cancer Center in El Paso,\u201d focused on how expanded cancer services could affect patients, families and the region\u2019s healthcare system.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers said some El Paso residents currently must travel outside the Borderland to access certain advanced cancer treatments. <\/p>\n<p>A comprehensive cancer center could help bring more specialized care closer to home while expanding local resources for cancer patients.<\/p>\n<p>The discussion also addressed the potential economic impact of the project, including skilled healthcare jobs, medical research, workforce development, research funding and continued investment in El Paso\u2019s healthcare sector. <\/p>\n<p>RECOMMENDED:<a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/news\/local\/el-paso-county-hospital-district-approves-lower-tax-rate-homeowners-may-pay-more-still?src=link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/news\/local\/el-paso-county-hospital-district-approves-lower-tax-rate-homeowners-may-pay-more-still?src=link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">El Paso County hospital district approves lower tax rate; homeowners may pay more still<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/sign-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up<\/a> to receive the top interesting stories from in and around our community once daily in your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 El Paso healthcare leaders discussed plans for a proposed comprehensive cancer center during&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":416647,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-417213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}