By Ioannis Pashakis
ipashakis@cpbj.com
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early rendering of the WellSpan York Cancer Center. (Photo: Submitted) |
First announced in January, the expansion is intended to
consolidate WellSpan’s oncology services throughout York to one building at the
system’s Apple Hill Health Campus.
The build is expected to finish in early 2021 and will grow
the cancer center from approximately 16,900 square feet to nearly 84,000 square
feet.
“Cancer care and technology have evolved in the 25-year
history of the cancer center, and so have the needs of our patients,” said Dr.
Roxanna Gapstur, president and CEO of WellSpan Health. “Our expanded center is
designed to treat the whole person through the whole journey, from cancer
diagnosis through treatment, all in one place.”
WellSpan’s expanded center will include services such as
radiation oncology, outpatient infusion, infusion pharmacy, clinical trials and
research, patient navigators and social workers. The size of the new facility
will allow the cancer center to offer massage therapy, yoga, an on-site café,
conference spaces and treatment rooms.
WellSpan also operates cancer care centers in Hanover,
Gettysburg, Chambersburg, Ephrata, Lebanon and York.
