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I'm not making my decision about contributing to the Moffitt Center until I find out if is a comprehensive diagnosis and treatment center. If it is, it could be an invaluable resource to us. Facilities that specialize in radiation, for example, can successfully treat cancer IF the diagnosis is correct, compete and in line with the facility's treatment equipment and procedures.

But cases like that of my close friend are not that rare. He was sent home from a prestigious cancer research and treatment center with untreatable liver cancer. Hospice came to his home and helped him prepare to die. His daughter had contacts at Yale University Medical Center. They agreed to see him and utilize their team diagnostic and treatment procedures. They found a kidney condition the cancer center missed. They resolved that and started installing stents to medicate and retard the growth of the liver cancer. He has lived three more years with treatment appointments being the only interruption in his travel, tennis and golf schedule. He's looking for more stuff for a bucket list that would choke a horse. And, recently it looks like there's a team of doctors at another hospital who want do the 'impossible'... fix his liver.

A comprehensive center which coordinated diagnostic and treatment options has given my friend a whole new life.
I could care less about the Morse's motives, profit/non-profit, etc. If that's what the Moffitt Center has the potential and mission to do, we will all have a valuable health care option and I'll gladly make a donation.