The Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center in
clinical affiliation with South Shore Hospital is under construction at 101
Columbian Street in South Weymouth.
The Cancer Center will welcome its first patients in late 2009.
Services provided at the Cancer Center will include medical
oncology and chemotherapy infusion, diagnostic imaging, radiation therapy,
breast health services, surgical oncology consults, complementary medicine,
laboratory and pharmacy services, a resource center, café healing gardens
and a shop specializing in cancer care supplies. Adjacent the Cancer Center
will be a parking
garage.
The Cancer Center will further enhance
South Shore
Hospital’s already comprehensive
cancer program, which features advanced
surgical treatments, clinical trials, outpatient care, visiting nurse, and
hospice services.
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Dana-Farber
Cancer Institute’s medical oncology services will be staffed by
Drs. Frank Basile and Rolf Freter
of Harbor Medical Associates, who will join Dana-Farber’s
medical staff. |
