05.15.12 Ochsner Medical Center-Baton Rouge plans to open a $15 million cancer treatment center at its O'Neal Lane campus in the second half of 2013, Chief Executive Officer Mitch Wasden said Monday.

Ochsner's center will compete with two existing facilities, Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center on Essen Lane and Baton Rouge General Medical Center's Pennington Cancer Center.

"Basically, everybody is still going into the center of town to get their medical services," Wasden said. "We've just seen a lot of success bringing services more to the east."