Our Proud History

In 1946, the Lions Cancer Control Fund of Indiana, Inc. began as the state’s first project in Indiana at the state convention held in South Bend, Indiana. Past District Governor…

The first equipment purchase, in 1947, was a megavolt cobalt unit from U.S. Army surplus after World War II for $50,343. This cancer treatment equipment was obtained for an expanded…

Fund raising efforts and activities continued to grow. During the 1960s, several major equipment purchases were made. For example, 1960: Eldorado Cobalt Stationery unit, 1964: 2 Million Volt Treatment unit,…

In 1973, the Indiana Lions Cancer Control Fund, Inc. accepted its greatest challenge to date. The purchase of a 40 MeV (million electron volt) Linear Accelerator Sagittaire was purchased for…

Keeping pace with rapidly changing technology the need for a treatment simulator was realized. The Lions responded with this purchase in 1976. The simulator was used to plan the treatment…

In 1986, a new dimension was added to the partnership of Indiana University Department of Radiation Oncology, and the Indiana Lions Cancer Control Fund, Inc. A patient advocate and liaison,…

Improvements to the Laboratory Research Building were funded in part by Indiana Lions in 1988 for $150,000 and equipment purchases for the lab of 163,935 were given to complete the…

The physicians and physicists of the Department of Radiation Oncology designed plans for a moving table, which would be used for leukemia and lymphoma patients. This moving table enabled bone…

The Gamma Knife was activated on September 7, 1997, and is used to treat malignant and benign tumors of the brain, vascular malformations, and facial pain conditions. The Gamma Knife…