UT Southwestern and a Texas consortium to establish first U.S. heavy ion radiation therapy center

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UT SOUTHWESTERN and a Texas consortium plans to establish the country’s first National Center for Heavy Ion Radiation Therapy, targeted for completion in 2021. NCI awarded UT Southwestern a $1 million planning grant to develop research proposals for the center.

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