CANCER patients in the Mallee won't need to travel hundreds of kilometres for radiation treatment, with the $12 million Mildura Health Icon Cancer Centre now operational.
Patients previously had to travel to Bendigo, Melbourne or Adelaide, undergoing treatment away from their support networks and often at a considerable cost.
Mildura Health Private Hospital chief executive Marcus Guthrie said this was a game-changer not only for Sunraysia cancer patients, but those in Broken Hill, Swan Hill, Robinvale and the Riverlan