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DON & SYBILHARRINGTONCANCER CENTERBelow: The Don & Sybil Harrington CancerCenter offers access to the world’s mostadvanced cancer treatment including theTomoTherapy Hi-Art System forradiation treatment.Bottom: This architect’s rendering showsthe expanded cancer treatment center to belocated between the original HarringtonCancer Center building and BSA Hospital.The founding purpose of the Don & SybilHarrington Cancer Center was to provideworld class cancer diagnosis and treatmentin the Texas Panhandle. Don and SybilHarrington’s dream was that the center wouldserve the needs of friends and neighbors whopreviously had to travel great distances forcancer treatment. The center opened in 1981;now, thirty years later, those dreams havebeen realized. The freestanding, nonprofitcenter provides oncology care for Amarillo,the Texas Panhandle, and adjacent states.An affiliate of BSA Health System, the Don& Sybil Harrington Cancer Center provides afull scope of cutting-edge cancer treatmentwith an expert staff of board certified medicaloncology, radiation oncology, hematology,and radiology physicians. Services includethe Harrington Breast Center, laboratory, andpharmacy services. Patients have access toclinical research through the SouthwestOncology Group. The center is accredited inthe areas of breast imaging, PET scan, laboratory,and radiation oncology services.The Harrington Cancer Center offerscutting-edge technology in screening andtreatment. The Breast Center provides earlydetection with the Aurora ® Breast MRISystem. The fusion of PET scan and CT scanprovides the ability to avoid unnecessarytreatments and offer more accurate diagnoses.Technologies such as tomotherapy andstereotatic radiosurgery provide precise radiationtherapy that minimizes side effects.The robotic daVinci ® S HD Surgical Systemat BSA makes it possible for surgeons to provideminimally invasive surgical procedures.The new mobile mammography coach isequipped with the same cutting-edge digitalequipment as the Harrington Breast Centerlocation in Amarillo. It travels throughout theTexas Panhandle to offer screening services tooutlying towns and rural areas. The mobileprogram is an integral part of the HarringtonCancer Center’s mission to provide cancercare to all patients regardless of their abilityto pay. They are able to fulfill this missionthrough grants and the generosity of individualand corporate donors.The Harrington Cancer Center has recentlyannounced a vital $25 million expansionproject named the Harold & Joyce CoursonClinic. The 110,000 square foot expansionwill help relieve crowding in existing treatmentareas and will provide space for newtechnologies and equipment. Additionally, itwill assist with patient access and comfort,privacy, and dignity.As the population ages, the expectation isthat cancer will increase. The already crowdedHarrington Cancer Center is implementinglong range plans to be in the position to servethe increased needs of West Texas. The originalvision of ensuring that patients do nothave to leave the area for cancer care continueswith their belief that “we can do it here!”AMARILLO - Faces, Places & Open Spaces202