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1928
Cancer Treatment
The technician here is preparing X-ray
equipment for use in cancer treatment.
A Cancer Research Committee had been
formed at the University of Sydney in 1924,
and by the late 1920s research undertaken
at Royal Prince Alfred was being put
into practice. Previously the main way of
dealing with cancer was surgical excision,
but additional treatments now being
introduced included the colloidal lead
method, radium, and deep X-ray therapy.
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