Blasting Cancer

ID: 2203 ~ Creator: Waco Tribune-Herald, August 6, 1978, pg 4. (Hillcrest Vertical File, The Texas Collection, Baylor University).
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Blasting Cancer

In 1978 Waco Tribune-Herald published an article on Hillcrest’s new ten-million-volt Siemens Mevatron 12 linear accelerator that utilized X-ray and electron technology. This machine was used to treat different types of cancers; X-ray beams treated deep-seated cancers, and electrons treated superficial cancers. This machine was part of the new Fentress Cancer Center that opened the same year.

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By Anabel Burke
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