City Commissioner and Cancer Fighter Creates Nonprofit in Face of Stage Four Diagnosis - Video
Cancer Fighter Creates Nonprofit – Video
Following a breast cancer diagnosis in 2011, Dana McCool found herself in a vulnerable position as she was uninsured at the time. After many calls to hospitals, she reached out to Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Specialists, where she was helped regain insurance, and received quality care.
In 2023, Dana was diagnosed with stage four bone cancer and is currently receiving care from FCS Medical Oncologist/Hematologist Victor W. Melgen, MD. In the face of this diagnosis, she started a nonprofit organization to help others in her community receive the kind of quality care she received from FCS.
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Victor W. Melgen, MD
Dr. Melgen is an oncologist and hematologist for Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute in Seminole and Volusia Counties. His research interests include both chemotherapeutic and immunotherapeutic treatments of Lung Cancer, Breast Cancer, Lymphomas and adult Leukemias but is committed to care for patients of all tumor types.
