Proton Therapy Research:
More About this New Cancer Treatment

The University of Florida 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. University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute is dedicated to promoting its many benefits, and increasing its availability.

News Releases News Archive

7/12/2010 Registration open for Seventh Annual Play Golf – Fight Cancer Tournament Presented by IBA

5/18/2010 UF Proton Therapy Institute experts are featured presenters at international meeting May 17-22

11/09/2009 St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and UF Proton Therapy Institute to begin proton therapy clinical trial

11/02/2009 Prostate Cancer Patients Experience Minimal Side Effects With Proton Therapy, Benchmark Study Shows

9/28/2009 UF Proton Therapy Institute to present clinical outcomes at medical, scientific conferences

8/10/2009 Radiation oncologist joins the University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute

4/08/2009 New grand piano donated, dedicated to proton therapy patients

2/23/2009 New proton therapy equipment enables more tumors to be treated

News Articles News Archive

11/12/09 Proton therapy shows promise The Gainesville Sun

11/10/09 UF Proton Institute to work with St. Jude Jacksonville Business Journal

11/08/09 Local men participate in experimental cancer treatment The News-Herald

11/02/09 UF study: Proton therapy safe Jacksonville Business Journal

10/08/09 Modern Medicine: Proton Therapy WMBB News

06/11/09 Baby battling brain cancer heads to first coast First Coast News

06/03/09 Cancer Treatment for Any Size Ivanhoe Newswire

02/23/09 Proton therapy fights cancer The Columbus Dispatch

02/23/09 UF-Jacksonville proton beam now shining wider, deeper The Florida Times-Union

02/2009 Dr. Nancy Price Mendenhall directs the University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute, one of five centers in the United States. Southwest Airlines Spirit Magazine

Press Kit

University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute History (92kb PDF)

University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute Backgrounder (87kb PDF)

University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute Fact Sheet (86kb PDF)

University of Florida Proton Therapy: How Proton Therapy Works (99kb PDF)

University of Florida Proton Therapy: Key Staff Members (155kb PDF)

University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute Interesting Facts (90kb PDF)

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING

A public meeting of the Board of Trustees of Florida Proton Therapy Institute, Inc. ("FPTI") will be held on June 9, 2010, at 1 p.m. at FPTI's offices located at 2015 North Jefferson Street, Jacksonville, Florida, 32206 to discuss the following items and any other business that may come before the Board of Trustees: (i) Operating Reports (ii) Financial Reports. All members of the public are invited to attend the meeting. Anyone who plans to attend is requested to advise hmostoller@floridaproton.org of his or her intention to attend prior to the meeting.