Cancer Treatment Centers of America Corporate Office

Cancer Treatment Centers of America was founded in 1991 by Richard Stephenson after his mother passed away from cancer in 1988. Stephenson purchased the American International Hospital in Zion, Illinois, and expanded the oncology center, renaming it the Mary Brown Stephenson Radiation Oncology Center.

The company opened a second hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1991. After purchasing the former Parkview Hospital in Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 2004, the company completely remodeled the location, as well as expanded it, for its opening in 2005.

A treatment center was opened in Phoenix, Arizona, in 2008 and in 2012, a facility was opened in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2015, it opened a patient concierge and information office in Mexico City. The company also advertises in the Middle East, the Caribbean and Latin America, offering patients in these regions the opportunity to pursue treatment at one of its U.S. comprehensive cancer care and research centers.

The company moved headquarters to Boca Raton, Florida, from Illinois in 2015.

Each hospital has earned accreditations and certifications from the Joint Commissions, American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer, and the National Accreditation Program of Breast Centers.

CTCA was harshly criticized by oncologist David Gorsky for practicing “Woo” or pseudoscientific treatments, such as homeopathy. 

In late 2018, the non-profit group Truth in Advertising stated that the majority of cancer center ads are very misleading and deceptive. CTCA was one group that was named.

In July 2019, CTCA notified approximately 3,900 patients that there had been a data-breech and their personal information may have been stolen. 

Cancer Treatment Centers of America was founded in 1991 by Richard Stephenson after his mother passed away from cancer in 1988. Stephenson purchased the American International Hospital in Zion, Illinois, and expanded the oncology center, renaming it the Mary Brown Stephenson Radiation Oncology Center.

The company opened a second hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1991. After purchasing the former Parkview Hospital in Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 2004, the company completely remodeled the location, as well as expanded it, for its opening in 2005.

History

A treatment center was opened in Phoenix, Arizona, in 2008 and in 2012, a facility was opened in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2015, it opened a patient concierge and information office in Mexico City. The company also advertises in the Middle East, the Caribbean and Latin America, offering patients in these regions the opportunity to pursue treatment at one of its U.S. comprehensive cancer care and research centers.

The company moved headquarters to Boca Raton, Florida, from Illinois in 2015.

Each hospital has earned accreditations and certifications from the Joint Commissions, American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer, and the National Accreditation Program of Breast Centers.

CTCA was harshly criticized by oncologist David Gorsky for practicing “Woo” or pseudoscientific treatments, such as homeopathy. 

In late 2018, the non-profit group Truth in Advertising stated that the majority of cancer center ads are very misleading and deceptive. CTCA was one group that was named.

In July 2019, CTCA notified approximately 3,900 patients that there had been a data-breech and their personal information may have been stolen.