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Horry County鈥檚 first one-stop, comprehensive center for cancer care 鈥� services cover everything from diagnosis to treatment and recovery 鈥� opened with lots of fanfare and an avalanche of adjectives in Little River on Wednesday, April 30.

Officials cut the ribbon to christen the $33 million McLeod Center for Cancer Treatment and Research, which will welcomed its first patient on Monday, May 5.

鈥淪tate of the art technology,鈥� said Kayla Thompson, chair of the McLeod HOPE Fund Advisory Committee.

鈥淲orld class,鈥� added Ronald Fowler, chairman of the McLeod Health Board of Trustees.

鈥淎 milestone,鈥� chipped in Will McLeod, CEO of McLeod Regional Medical Center in Florence.

The cancer center will offer high-quality care from familiar faces under one roof.

Patients will no longer have to go to one place for chemotherapy, and another for radiation treatment, saving travel time and torment while also saving lives.

鈥淭his facility that McLeod has invested in as part of their patient-centric mission allows us to bring radiation oncology and chemotherapy together under one roof to eliminate that burden for these patients. This is game-changing for our patients,鈥� said Dr. Virginia Clyburn-Ipock, a McLeod radiation oncologist.

鈥淎 great day for Horry County,鈥� McLeod Health President and CEO Donna Isgett said, explaining the importance of receiving all stages of cancer care under one roof.

鈥淲hen you get that 鈥淐鈥� word diagnosis, you鈥檙e already worried enough,鈥� she said. "But to realize that you can go to one place and get everything that you need; when you can see familiar, local people; when you can walk through those beautiful doors and recognize the receptionist鈥� will foster familiarity that will lighten the burden on patients and caregivers.

The 44,000-square-foot, two-story cancer center will employ the latest technology and techniques, and employ 80-plus workers. It will serve 26 patients at a time, McLeod Health鈥檚 Vice-President of Cancer Services Judy Bibbo said in an interview after the ceremony.

Inside the center at 3781 McDowell Lane in Little River patients will receive comprehensive cancer treatment utilizing advanced techniques and the latest and greatest equipment.

Medical oncology. Radiation oncology. Infusion (chemotherapy/immunotherapy). Stereotactic radio-surgery. Even access to clinical trials, the research arm of a facility that will not only treat the disease, but help in the search for a cure, Bibbo said.

The community played an essential role.

The Healing and Hope Campaign raised $1.6 million to help the cancer purchase a PET-CT scanner, which combines two imaging techniques to create highly detailed images that enable doctors to better diagnose and monitor conditions.

鈥淭his state-of-the-art technology allows cancer specialists to precisely detect cancer and determine if it has metastasized,鈥� said Thompson, the McLeod Hope Fund Advisory Committee chair.

The community made its appreciation known by coming out in droves. More than 200 people attended the ceremony in front of the red brick building on the McLeod Seacoast campus, touring the new cancer center, and enjoying catered food.