A cancer diagnosis is a difficult one to receive, and it is quickly followed by the need to make some big decisions. Possibly the most significant one is which treatments to opt for.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – UF Health’s Proton Therapy Institute recently completed a major part of a $39 million-dollar expansion and upgrade project which started in 2016. Starting Monday, doctors will start treating patients with its latest tool for fighting cancer. Steven Fitzgerald was first diagnosed with a brain tumor when he just 24 years old. Starting Monday, he will be one of the very first patients at UF Health’s Proton Therapy Institute to undergo treatment with the latest technology. Since opening in 2006, the Institute has treated more than 8,500 proton patients including more than 1,800 pediatric patients.