World Lung Cancer Day
Since its inception in 2012, World Lung Cancer Day has been observed every year on Aug. 1 to raise awareness of lung cancer issues and magnify the need for more lung cancer research funding. Since lung cancer and its treatment have the potential to affect so many critical structures in a sensitive area of the body, it is important to protect the surrounding healthy tissues from excess radiation. The precise and targeted aspect of proton therapy is an optimal form of radiation treatment to lung cancer tumors, avoiding the healthy lung, heart and esophagus and potential side effects. Read more about the Institute’s involvement in advancing lung cancer treatment here.
Breast Cancer Research Day
Breast cancer advocacy and research is highlighted significantly in the month of October, but progress against the disease continues year-round. The Dr. Susan Love Foundation for Breast Cancer Research recognized the need to highlight breast cancer — specifically the research that is being done to cure the disease — outside the month of October and launched World Breast Cancer Research Day. It is recognized the 18th day of the 8th month of the year, symbolic of the 1 in 8 women (and 1 in 833 men) who will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime.
A panel of breast cancer experts were recently invited by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) to review research and find out when lymph node biopsies were necessary for early-stage breast cancer. Raymond Mailhot, MD, MPH, from the UF Health Proton Therapy Institute, was part of the team. Read more about their breast cancer research and findings.
Congratulations to Our Top Doctors
Each year the Jacksonville Magazine publishes a list of Northeast Florida’s “Top Doctors” as decided by their peers. Congratulations to Roi Dagan, MD, MS, Daniel Indelicato, MD, Nancy P. Mendenhall, MD, FACR, FASTRO, William M. Mendenhall, MD, FACR and Romaine C. Nichols, Jr., MD, of the UF Health Proton Therapy Institute who were featured as Top Doctors in the Radiation Oncology category. Learn more about these physicians and the rest of the incredible staff at the Institute here.
New FAQ Page
The FloridaProton.org FAQ page was recently updated. Please share this page with anyone looking for answers about the precision of proton therapy for cancer treatment.