{"id":25155,"date":"2025-10-29T14:24:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T14:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/25155\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T14:24:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T14:24:13","slug":"baptist-md-anderson-cancer-center-marks-milestone-anniversary-104-5-wokv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/25155\/","title":{"rendered":"Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center Marks Milestone Anniversary \u2013 104.5 WOKV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 dbPNdY body-paragraph\">Jacksonville \u2014 Jacksonville\u2019s Morning News is on location at Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center, which is celebrating its tenth anniversary in NE Florida. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 dbPNdY body-paragraph\">At Baptist MD Anderson, patients are surrounded by a team working with some of the most advanced therapies available.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 dbPNdY body-paragraph\">Dr. Bill Putnam, Medical Director, explains how their mission of making cancer history comes to life. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 dbPNdY body-paragraph\">Joel Laton, Lead Chaplain, joins shares the role of his team of chaplains in the holistic treatment process at Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center. Spiritual and pastoral care extends to spouses and family members, offering support and guidance for the \u201cperson,\u201d during clinical care processes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 dbPNdY body-paragraph\">Dr. Laila Samiian, Chief of Breast Surgical Oncology, discusses the importance of screening and prevention resources for breast health, as Breast Cancer Awareness month wraps up. She shares how care processes vary with the patient\u2019s age, breast density, and individual needs, as each patient\u2019s cancer is different.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 dbPNdY body-paragraph\">Dr. Gordon Guo, Radiation Oncologist, discusses the facts and the myths regarding prostate cancer. Ex: Fact &#8211; 1 in 8 men will develop prostate cancer; Myth &#8211; If you have no symptoms, you don\u2019t have the disease. Dr. Guo also speaks to what patients need to know about testing, diagnosis, and treatment protocols.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 dbPNdY body-paragraph\">\u25b6 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wokv.com\/on-demand\/morning-news-podcast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wokv.com\/on-demand\/morning-news-podcast\/\">Listen to Jacksonville\u2019s Morning News Interviews<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 dbPNdY body-paragraph\">Theresa Pola, Outpatient Dietitian, discusses the role of lifestyle and diet in cancer prevention, treatment, and recovery. She also speaks to how nutritional needs can change relative to treatment protocols, and the impacts that exercise, relaxation, and stress management can have on overall health.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 dbPNdY body-paragraph\">Becky Ness, Oncology Social Worker, joins JMN to discuss ways cancer can impact family dynamics during and after treatment. She advocates support groups, communication, and social work teaching cooperation and prioritization to help families rally in care and support wihtout their o the patient\u2019s individual identities being subsumed by cancer. Her approach is that whole-person healing is the goal, not just clinical resolution.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 dbPNdY body-paragraph\">Dr. Kim LaBree, Assistant Adminstator of Patient Services, addresses a number of listener questions regarding local area health concerns, diagnostic processes, and Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center care resources. Se asserts that the most important part of preventative or clinical care is routine checkups with your primary care physician. If you need to establish a primary care physician, Baptist invites you to contact them at 904-202-4YOU (4968).<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 dbPNdY body-paragraph\">LeeAnn Mengel, Vice President Administrator, joins JMN to recap Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center\u2019s evolution over the past ten years, and looks toward continued expansion, growing resources, and continuing innovative holistic care.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 dbPNdY body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wokv.com\/fp\/download-free-wokv-app\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wokv.com\/fp\/download-free-wokv-app\/\">Click here<\/a> to download our free news, weather and traffic app. And <a href=\"https:\/\/membercenter.wokv.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/membercenter.wokv.com\/newsletters\">click here<\/a> to subscribe to our daily 3 Big Things newsletter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 dbPNdY body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92025 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jacksonville \u2014 Jacksonville\u2019s Morning News is on location at Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center, which is celebrating its&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25156,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[19136,19137,19138,11760,116,118,117],"class_list":{"0":"post-25155","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-architectural","9":"tag-baptist-health","10":"tag-baptist-md-anderson","11":"tag-exterior","12":"tag-jacksonville","13":"tag-jacksonville-headlines","14":"tag-jacksonville-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}