Sutter Health and Stanford Medicine on Monday unveiled a new, five-story cancer center in Oakland that they hope will be a regional “one-stop shop” for outpatient oncology care in the East Bay.
The center aims to accommodate the projected growth in cancer patients, which Stanford estimates will double in the next decade. Many patients must currently drive long distances to receive various components of cancer treatment.
The Oakland location plans to open some services, including radiation and imaging, on Dec. 1 and remaining services — infusion, apheresis, complex care, ambulatory surgery, pharmacy and lab — on Feb. 3…