Proton Therapy for Prostate Cancer – American Legion Post 197

Presentation by: Christina Mershell, Business Development Coordinator

American Legion Post #197, 2179 Benedict Rd, Jacksonville, FL 32209

Prostate cancer will affect more than 280,000 men in the US in 2023. We will be discussing how proton therapy is a treatment option for prostate cancer (and many other cancers), and how it is harder on cancer and easier on you. Reach out to find out more about this community event!

Heartfelt Gifts Warm Patients’ Hearts

The holiday season is a time for giving and receiving. We are so grateful for the generous outpouring of support from staff, community organizations and individuals.

Streams of Sound Performs Meditative Music

A finger tap coaxes a gentle sound from the dimpled surface of a flying saucer-shaped instrument made of hand-hammered sheet metal. The vibration from the musical instrument, called the handpan, moves and resonates through The Players Lobby at the UF Health Proton Therapy Institute.

Patient Accrual Closes, Participant Surveys are Collected, and Data Analysis Begins

In 2017, a research team led by Nancy Mendenhall, M.D., medical director of the UF Health Proton Therapy Institute, was awarded a five-year, $11.9 million grant from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to directly compare the potential benefits and harms of proton therapy to standard radiation therapy when treating prostate cancer.

Emma Viviers, MSc

Emma Viviers is a treatment planning medical physicist at the UF Health Proton Therapy Institute.

She graduated from the University of Surrey in the UK and moved to the USA to do research in the use of high field MRI to assess spinal cord injury and repair in the department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. She then moved to the Department of Radiation Oncology to do research in the role of oxygenation in radiation oncology.

What is Proton Therapy? - Military Officers Association of America: Ancient City Chapter (MOAA)

Presentation by: Christina Mershell, Business Development Coordinator

Officers Club, St. Francis Barracks, 82 Marine St., St. Augustine, FL 32084

Join us to learn about proton therapy radiation and how this cancer treatment option is harder on cancer and easier on you.

For More Info and to RSVP: Contact Christina Mershell at (904) 831-4034 or education@floridaproton.org.

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