a:26:{s:9:"weblog_id";s:1:"4";s:8:"entry_id";s:4:"1028";s:6:"sticky";s:1:"n";s:14:"allow_comments";s:1:"n";s:16:"allow_trackbacks";s:1:"n";s:10:"entry_date";s:19:"2010-10-14 10:31 AM";s:15:"expiration_date";s:0:"";s:23:"comment_expiration_date";s:0:"";s:8:"category";a:1:{i:0;s:1:"4";}s:9:"author_id";s:1:"4";s:10:"new_weblog";s:1:"4";s:6:"status";s:4:"open";s:14:"trackback_urls";s:0:"";s:18:"versioning_enabled";s:1:"y";s:5:"title";s:40:"Siteman South County Team to be Selected";s:9:"url_title";s:40:"siteman_south_county_team_to_be_selected";s:6:"submit";s:6:"Update";s:11:"field_id_26";s:40:"Siteman South County Team to Be Selected";s:11:"field_ft_26";s:4:"none";s:11:"field_id_31";s:0:"";s:11:"field_id_44";s:239:"Final selection of the architect and construction manager for the $17 million Siteman cancer center South County facility is anticipated late this month. The facility is a joint venture of BJC and Washington University School of Medicine. ";s:11:"field_ft_44";s:4:"none";s:11:"field_id_28";s:35:"BJC, Siteman, Washington University";s:11:"field_ft_28";s:4:"none";s:11:"field_id_29";s:2689:"<p>Final selection of the architect and construction manager for the $17 million Siteman cancer center South County facility is anticipated late this month. The facility is a joint venture of BJC and Washington University School of Medicine.</p>
<p>The 16.28-acre site is immediately south and east of the intersection of Interstate 55 and Butler Hill Road, with access from Butler Hill Road.  The site is generally construction-ready, having been cleared for construction of an apartment complex that went into foreclosure following the market downturn.</p>
<p>Currently, more than 4,500 cancer patients in the area near the new location come to the Siteman Cancer Center, Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University for evaluation and treatment. This includes approximately 850 newly diagnosed cancer patients yearly.</p>
<p>The new outpatient center will provide the latest advances in cancer diagnosis and treatment to south county and southern Illinois patients in a convenient, comfortable setting closer to their homes. Barnes-Jewish Hospital will place a linear accelerator in the facility for state-of-the-art radiation therapy. Washington University will operate a chemotherapy infusion center.</p>
<p>Washington University medical oncologists and radiation oncologists will treat patients at the new location, and surgical oncologists will provide consults there. Medical staff at the new facility will be Washington University faculty physicians.</p>
<p>A 40,000-square-foot facility is planned, and Washington University programs will occupy about 70 percent of the space. The one-story outpatient center will operate during daytime hours Monday through Friday.</p>
<p>Siteman, through Washington University, has one of the largest cancer research programs in the nation, providing access to hundreds of clinical studies that greatly expand the options available to patients. Clinical studies also will be offered at the South County location.</p>
<p>Siteman, which encompasses the combined cancer-related programs of Washington University and Barnes-Jewish Hospital, is the only cancer center within 240 miles of St. Louis designated as a Comprehensive Cancer Center by the National Cancer Institute.</p>
<p>Construction of the $17-million facility will generate nearly 300 jobs. Once open, the facility will create about 50 new permanent positions with Washington University\'s departments of medicine and radiation oncology or with Barnes-Jewish Hospital.</p>
<p>Siteman\'s other locations are at Washington University Medical Center in the Central West End area of St. Louis, Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital and Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital.</p>
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