Moffitt Cancer Center Coming To The Villages
 

This was the headline in this mornings Daily Sun. The developer is financing and building the second tower addition to the Sharon Morse Building. It will house the complete Moffitt Cancer Center, which is planned to be operative by early next year.
This is great news, I would guess the article will be up on the Daily Sun web site soon. http://thevillagesdailysun.com/

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That's good news for everyone. I have had two cancer surgeries and go to NY for cat scan's 3 times a year. Rather have the family come down here once we get settled. Moffit Center sounds ideal.
Question I have is how do you get affordable insurance ( less than $8K/yr )before you're 65 with pre-existing conditions and not disabled. I can get cobra for 18 months so I 2.5 years before I can do that. If I can do it we might be able to come down sooner!!

THis is really wonderful news. We lived in Tampa prior to moving to TheVillages. I had breast cancer in 2003 and was treated at Moffitt. You have no idea what a wonderful place this is. After treatment I still had to be seen every three months. Now they only see me once a year. When being treated at Moffitt, an Interdisciplinary Team oversees your treatment. I am thrilled they will be so close.

This is wonderful news. A few years ago when my wife was undergoing treatments we had 20 - 30 minute drives each way and then further into the process we had to go to a different facility that was one hour away. For a patient getting 3 to 4 hours of chemo that drive home can be awful. The developer deserves thanks for his part in this.

I am currently receiving treatment at Moffitt (and USF) in Tampa. Eighty miles one way by car twice a week. You better believe I am glad they are opening a facility within five miles by golf cart.

BTW, if you are not familiar with Moffitt, Google them. Pretty impressive organization.

Thanks to the Morse Family
 

:bowdown:This is wonderful news and we have the developer to thank for bringing Moffitt to TV. We will have world class cancer treatment a cart ride away. I just learned that his wife died of cancer and wonder how long ago that was. They will be extending the Sharon Morse building to accommodate Moffitt.

Kudos Joe...
 

WELCOME....WELCOME to MOFFITT

I give a lot of kudos to Joe Gorman, President of the POA for his support and dedication to getting the word out to TV peeps to contact the "powers-that-be" to make this happen.

KUDOs to Joe, you're the voice of the people here in TV.....barb1191

Thanks for the post. This is a huge step forward in care.

What a place. I can't wait to move in Oct 1....

Carl

Sounds like a place I may throw my resume to.

Kudos to Gary Morse for making it one of his goals for TV.

Thank you Mr. Morse for bring Moffitt Cancer Center to the Villages rather than Leesburg.

I agree. It is interesting to note Mr. Gorman was not mentioned in the Daily Sun article.

Is this the 60,000 square foot center that has been proposed for Leesburg? The article was unclear about this. The only reason I say that is that $2million of cancer treatemnt equipment does not go very far. I would like to read somewhere that the Leesburg center is off the table. Call me cautious.

Funny, it doesn't say that there will only be 2M in equipment but that everything will be provided except that 2M. I wonder exactly which services will be provided and what you would still need to go to Tampa for.

You are right as usual Russ.

It takes a lot of staff and equipment and experience to duplicate a Cancer mega center.

Well, not exactly, but you cannot buy a "world class" linear accelerator for $2mm. I sure hope I am wrong. And why would you need to raise these funds by charitable contributions? They should be covered by patient/insurance receipts. I just would like to hear that they are not building a 60,000 square foot center in Leesburg, as was proposed originally.

Leesburg is not off the table. There will be two cancer centers, supposedly equal in services. Here's a link to the story in the Leesburg Daily Commercial http://www.dailycommercial.com/local...073010Moffitt-.
There were also online articles in the Orlando Sun.

I think this is a treatment center and not a research center.

Yes?

Probably "yes", Russ. The Daily Commercial article does not mention "research".
It does mention "treatment" and "services" frequently. I would hope it is on a more sophisticated basis than what is currently available here.
I believe the Tampa center is closely tied in with the University of South Florida. That is a big plus where research is concerned.
There are some treatments for rare cancers that would be impractical to duplicate here.