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Proton Therapy Research: More About this New Cancer Treatment

The University of Florida Health Proton Therapy Institute provides more than a chance to give patients the best in cancer treatment; it's also a unique opportunity to advance the field of cancer therapeutics through clinical research. Since proton therapy is relatively new, awareness of this cancer treatment is still building. The UF Health Proton Therapy Institute is dedicated to promoting its many benefits, and increasing its availability.

Press Releases [view archive]

Medical Director Nancy P. Mendenhall, M.D., named University of Florida 2018 Clinical Science Researcher of the Year
April 19, 2018
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Philanthropists Jane and Mike McLain make major gift to pediatric program
February 22, 2018
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Florida Cancer Center of Excellence designation renewed
February 14, 2018
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UF Health Proton Therapy Institute takes steps to formalize agreement in China for patient treatment and clinical research
January 12, 2018
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UF awarded $11.9 million for prostate cancer research comparing proton and X-ray therapies
December 7, 2017
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News Articles [view archive]

Dr. Nancy Mendenhall explains prostate cancer treatment and protons
September 27, 2016
First Coast News firstcoastnews.com

Boy who traveled from England completes final treatment
May 24, 2016
Action News Jacksonville actionnewsjax.com

Family travels nearly 4,300 miles to Jacksonville for cancer treatment
May 20, 2016
Action News Jacksonville actionnewsjax.com

Lead Letter: Thanks for University of Florida's Proton Center
December 4, 2014
I would like to thank everyone at the University of Florida Proton Center in Jacksonville who was involved with my husband's care during the last two months. Thank you for giving Dan a few more walks on the beach, a few more visits with the grandkids. The Proton Center gave us hope and our best chance for a cure.

Families form special bond
November 26, 2014
On Thanksgiving Day, 7-year-old Oliver Crowson, his parents, three siblings and grandmother will be six hours away from their Marietta, Ga. home. ...They will celebrate blessings they did not appreciate quite so much three months ago.

Patients, families at Jacksonville's hospitality houses bond during treatment
November 24, 2014
When June Levin was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia in March and told she would need a bone marrow transplant, she worried most about losing her long hair and falling behind in graduate school. ... "That became not important. Other patients' chemotherapy was not working anymore." She said. "It's all perspective."

Press Kit

UF Health Proton Therapy Institute History

UF Health Proton Therapy Institute Backgrounder

UF Health Proton Therapy Institute Fact Sheet

UF Health Proton Therapy: How Proton Therapy Works

UF Health Proton Therapy: Key Staff Members

UF Health Proton Therapy Institute Interesting Facts

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING

A public meeting of the Board of Trustees of Florida Proton Therapy Institute, Inc. ("FPTI") will be held on March 14, 2018 at 12:30 p.m. at UF Health Proton Therapy Institute located at 2015 North Jefferson Street, Jacksonville, FL 32206 to discuss the following items and any other business that may come before the Board of Trustees: (i) Operating Reports (ii) Financial Reports (iii) Human Resources Update. All members of the public are invited to attend the meeting. Anyone who plans to attend is requested to advise kklimchak@floridaproton.org of his or her intention to attend prior to the meeting.