Fans at South Carolina game can get information about breast cancer

November 4, 2010

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — To support 25 years of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the University of Florida will offer information about breast cancer prevention and detection before the South Carolina football game Nov. 13.

When thousands of fans gather to watch the Gators play the Gamecocks, UF’s Gator Mobile Health Clinic will be parked at the southwest corner of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium with a big pink banner marking where fans can find information.

While they last, visors will be distributed as well as information showing the correct way to conduct breast self-examinations. Also, visitors can tour the bus, which is used for outreach in the community.

Attendees can meet U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a breast cancer survivor. Wasserman Schultz is a UF graduate representing Florida’s 20th Congressional District, from Fort Lauderdale to Miami Beach, and a staunch supporter of breast cancer research, education and awareness.

She will also be attending the Nov. 12 ribbon-cutting event at the Cancer and Genetics Research Complex for UF’s new Intrabeam machine, which shortens radiation therapy to as little as one day while delivering therapy directly to former tumor sites and minimizing damage to healthy tissue.

The awareness event is sponsored by UF Student Government, Gator Well Health Promotion Services, the UF College of Medicine, Shands Cancer Hospital at UF and the UF Office of University Relations.

For more information, contact Susan Crowley, assistant vice president of community relations, at 352-392-4567 or by e-mail at scrowley@ufl.edu.