Construction is wrapping up at St. Helena Hospital’s new Martin-O’Neil Cancer Center — a one-stop cancer treatment and resource center scheduled to open its doors in mid- to late November.

The 12,500-square foot cancer center is part of a $28.2 million building project that also includes an outpatient surgery center, a floor for future hospital expansion and will feature eight chemotherapy stations.

A patient library and resource center will offer information about the latest cancer treatment options, nutrition and dealing with the emotional stress of fighting the disease, according to Shari Bluband, the center’s executive director. Patients will also have computer access, and the center will host support meetings for patients and family caregivers. Products like wigs, make-up, lotions and other tools to will be available at a boutique to disguise the changes and ease discomforts caused by cancer treatment.

Three medical spa rooms will offer medical massage, yoga and other stress-management techniques.

But one of the center’s star attractions has nothing to do with spas, beauty or emotional support: It’s a $1.2 million linear accelerator, designed to target specific tumor areas with radiation without harming neighboring body tissues, according to hospital spokesman Jeff Davis. Twelve-foot thick concrete walls around the machine protect patients and staff from machine-generated radiation.

Bluband said the center reflects the Upvalley town’s desire for radiation and oncology services in the same place, a patient resource center and a more holistic treatment approach.

Cancer patients treated elsewhere will be invited to come to the new center to attend support group sessions, including those specifically for women, caregivers and others, she added. The new center will also be a hub for medical telephone conferences for doctors discussing the newest cancer treatment options.

Finally, a room in the center will become the future home of a CT scan, once patient needs for the hospital’s current imaging system overcome capacity.

The center’s non-clinical atmosphere represents efforts to take a more holistic approach to cancer treatment, said Cindi Cantril — a registered nurse specializing in oncology who will coordinate patient treatment plans at the new cancer center.

The center will also have a blood draw lab and a chemotherapy pharmacy so patients can avoid unnecessary trips to drug store pharmacies for anti-nausea medications and others, Cantril said.

Like the rest of St. Helena Hospital, the new cancer center will use electronic patient medical records.

The center, named for Upvalley philanthropists Stephen Martin and Dennis O’Neil, connects to the main hospital building by a breezeway that will eventually overlook a garden, waterfall and koi pond.

Davis said all of the money covering the $28.2 million, three-story building project came from public donations and about $500,000 of that came from employees alone.

It’s the largest construction project under way in the Upvalley, he said.