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Guests chat Thursday during the opening ceremony for the Cancer Care Center at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
John Hamilton, vice president for oncology and surgical services, provides details about the linear accelerator Thursday during the opening for the Cancer Care Center at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. Linear accelerators aim radiation at cancer tumors with pinpoint accuracy during radiation therapy. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Dr. Hector Tarraza, left, and Peter Wright, senior vice president of operations for Central Maine Medical Center, look out from the second-floor infusion suites during the opening ceremony for the Cancer Care Center at CMMC in Lewiston. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Peter Wright, left, senior vice president of operations for Central Maine Medical Center, and Dr. Hector Tarraza walk Thursday through the infusion suites during the opening ceremony for the Cancer Care Center at the Lewiston hospital. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
John Hamilton, vice president for oncology and surgical services, takes visitors Thursday to see the linear accelerator during the opening ceremony for the Cancer Care Center at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. Linear accelerators aim radiation at cancer tumors with pinpoint accuracy during radiation therapy. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Kara Aleixo, right, Dr. Hector Tarraza and John Hamilton, vice president for oncology and surgical services, were on hand to answer questions Thursday at the Cancer Care Center in Lewiston. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Photographs by Lewiston photographer Dan Marquis are on display throughout the Cancer Care Center at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Natural light is abundant at the Cancer Care Center at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Peter Wright , senior vice president of operations for Central Maine Medical Center, speaks Thursday during the opening ceremony for the Cancer Care Center at CMMC in Lewiston. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Lewiston Mayor Carl Sheline speaks Thursday with Peter Wright, senior vice president of operations for Central Maine Medical Center, during the opening ceremony for the Cancer Care Center at CMMC in Lewiston. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Finishing touches are being made before the Cancer Care Center opens June 6. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
There are two floors to the Cancer Care Center at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
The opening ceremony was held Thursday for the Cancer Care Center at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
The opening ceremony was held Thursday for the Cancer Care Center at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Daryn Slover always pulls for the underdog - what would you expect from someone that was raised in Cleveland and lives in Lewiston. He drinks cheap coffee and cheap beer so that he can afford to put his...

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