Mayo clinic will build cancer center in Northfield
The Mayo Clinic said Wednesday that it plans to build a cancer treatment center in Northfield, Minn. ``The $10 million facility is estimated to serve more than 200 cancer patients each year and enables opportunities for expanded cancer care in the region,'' the clinic said.
The Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine will open a 24/7 cancer care clinic to give cancer patients an alternative to emergency rooms, where they expose their weakened immune systems to patients with infectious diseases.