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Ector County and Cancer Care History Timeline
A historical timeline recounts Ector County Hospital’s evolution into Medical Center Hospital from 1949 to 2000. It tracks key milestones: radiation therapy in 1953, outpatient oncology in 1978-79, a 1982 acquisition of a linear accelerator, the 1993 Oncology Center, the 1994 Texas Oncology West Texas Cancer Center, and the November 2000 closure of MCH oncology center amid lease concerns and community debate.
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Ector County Hospital
Medical Center Hospital
MCH
Texas Oncology
West Texas Cancer Center