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State calls for more cancer facilities

Projected rise in cases spurs push for centers

By Liz Kowalczyk
Globe Staff / September 18, 2006

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The rising number of Massachusetts residents with cancer will outstrip the capacity of radiation treatment facilities within four years, say public health officials, who for the first time in 13 years are asking hospitals that do not already offer such therapy to build expensive new treatment centers. (Full article: 983 words)

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