Patient Stories
Today experts at the Swedish Radiosurgery Center are giving patients new hope. With pioneering technology that sounds like surgery - but isn't. No incision - no operating room - no hospital stay.
Brain Tumor
Kippen's story
"It's pretty amazing when you think that on Monday, you can go in and have a treatment and take clients to dinner on Tuesday"...
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A 51-year-old woman's story
"There was no immobilization frame and no pretreatment medication regimen. The patient arrived in street clothes, was treated, and left without disrobing"...
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Breast Cancer
Amy's story
"I am so grateful CyberKnife was available...I had none of the side effects of regular radiation. No super-sensitive skin. No burning...I never felt tired. And, I still have all of my really thick hair"...
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CyberKnife for breast cancer
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Essential Tremor
Gamma Knife for Essential Tremor
Liver Cancer
CyberKnife for Liver Cancer
Prostate Cancer
LaDon's story
Kirkland resident LaDon Granstaff says he feels no pain when the Seattle CyberKnife Center's hulking robotic arm slowly moves around him, beaming high doses of radiation through his prostate. "They play music. I've been listening to classical,"...
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CyberKnife for prostate cancer
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Spine Tumor
Larry's story
My doctors couldn't operate on my spine anymore because of the way my tumor had grown, and the chemotherapy also wasn't working", says Lautenslager, 67. "But my doctor told me about a new promising technology that was being installed on Swedish Providence campus (current Cherry Hill campus). That was great news because my family to in the way of a treatment for my tumor"...
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