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Originally Posted by daywoo
I have first hand knowledge that the 2.4 million dollar IMRT LINEAR ACCELERATOR is indeed in the Villages at the Robert Boissonneault Oncology Institute. I have been receiving treatments from this facility since 2001. Several months ago I became the first Stage IV Lung cancer patient to be treated with the IMRT at this facility in the Villages. Although, it has been in use for other types of cancer in The Villages. I contacted the Daily Sun and invited them to be present for my treatment. Hopeing other Villagers would benefit from the information they could provide. However, they choose not to be present, and not to respond to my calls. I hold no animosity toward the Moffitt Center....I went there in 2001 for a second opinion. The Oncologist there prescribed the same treatment that had been suggested to me in the Villages. Chemo, was administered at the Sharon Morse Center and Radiation at the Robert Boissoneault Oncology Institute. My question is....why do they feel they have to mislead The Villagers to obtain funding for the Moffitt Center? Villagers have always been generous...just give them the true facts. Oh yea, after 9 years of treatment in The Villages, I'm happy to say I'm still playing 18... making happy hour and working 3 days a week.
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Congratulations on being cancer free and welcome as a first time poster on Talk of the Villages.
I found the a listing of the top 50 Cancer Centers in the nation. It lists Moffitt at number 10. We are so fortunate to have highly rated Centers (Shands in Gainesville and Moffitt in Tampa) within a little over an hour's drive. To have one of them moving to our back yard is a real plus for all of us.
http://www.robertsreview.com/cancer_centers_top_50.html