Cancer treatment centers springing up west

Cancer treatment centers with links to Massachusetts’ most prestigious hospitals are springing up throughout the western suburbs of Boston, a trend that experts said would allow cancer patients to receive top-notch care near their homes at a time when more people face a greater chance of developing the disease. Take a look at a few of the latest ones. The Joan and James Vernon Cancer Center is located at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. Dr. Jeffrey S. Wisch, clinical director of the center, examines Stanton Healy, of Sudbury, before chemotherapy, on Thursday, January 5, 2012.
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John Dyer, Globe Correspondent
Cancer treatment centers with links to Massachusetts’ most prestigious hospitals are springing up throughout the western suburbs of Boston, a trend that experts said would allow cancer patients to receive top-notch care near their homes at a time when more people face a greater chance of developing the disease.

Take a look at a few of the latest ones.

The Joan and James Vernon Cancer Center is located at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. Dr. Jeffrey S. Wisch, clinical director of the center, examines Stanton Healy, of Sudbury, before chemotherapy, on Thursday, January 5, 2012.