In the News

News stories (print and broadcast) that have appeared, covering  Varian Medical Systems and how hospitals and treatment centers around the world are using the company's radiation therapy technologies to improve patient care.  Radiation therapy (or radiotherapy) is not appropriate for all cancers. Serious side effects can occur, including fatigue and skin irritation. Treatment times may vary. Ask your doctor if radiotherapy treatments are right for you. 

• Debakey VA Offers New Versatile Technology for Cancer Patients
  Newspaper article in The Cypress Times about Varian's Trilogy linear accelerator being used by doctors at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center in Houston, Texas. In the article, Dr. P.G. Shankar Giri said, "With this system, we have the potential to significantly improve cancer treatment outcomes by doing a better job of protecting healthy tissue while delivering higher doses of radiation to the tumor, all in a shorter period of time.”
  January 11, 2010
   
• New Cancer Treatment Makes Debut
  Newspaper article in The Gazette about Varian's RapidArc being used by doctors at the Trident Medical Center in South Carolina. Dr. William Collins said that “RapidArc is much easier on the patient; in less than two minutes, it will allow physicians to target tumors with pinpoint accuracy."
  December 2, 2009
   
• New Technology Helps Ease Patient's Discomfort
  Broadcast report on Live 5 News about doctors at Trident Medical Center in Charleston, South Carolina using Varian's RapidArc to treat cancer patients. Dr. William Collins said that with RapidArc "you actually have improvement in targeting the cancer and sparing the surrounding normal tissues."
  November 6, 2009
   
• Advances in Technology Help Woman in Her Fight with Cancer
  Broadcast report on NBC Augusta about doctors at MCGHealth in Atlanta, Georgia using Varian's linear accelerator to help treat a cancer patient.
  October 19, 2009
   
• Targeting Cancer: New Trilogy Cancer Therapy Done in El Paso Center
  Article published in the "El Paso Times" about doctors at the Texas Oncology-El Paso Cancer Treatment Center using Varian's Trilogy to treat cancer patients.
  October 2, 2009
   
• Cancer Boost: New Radiotherapy is More Effective, with Fewer Side-Effects
  Article published in UK-based "Mail on Sunday" about doctors using Varian's RapidArc to treat cancer patients.  The article describes RapidArc as "a new machine that will not only cut the number of sessions patients need, but is more accurate than the conventional treatment."
  September 29, 2009
   
• Cancer-Fighting Device Cuts Treatment Time
  Article in Australian newspaper "ABC News" about Varian's RapidArc being used by doctors at the Premion centre in the Brisbane suburb of Chermside. Dr. James MacKean said that "the system can target tumours in the patient's body while at the same time avoiding the healthy tissue."
  September 16, 2009
   
• Bay Med Gets New Radiation Treatment
  Broadcast story on WMBB News about doctors at Bay Medical Center in Panama City, Florida using Varian's RapidArc to treat cancer patients. In the story, the reporter says that RapidArc “takes less time, is more accurate, and spares the healthy tissue around the tumor.”
  September 9, 2009
   
• Billings Clinic Acquires Trilogy
  Broadcast report aired on KULR-8 Television about Varian's Trilogy being used by doctors at Billings Clinic in Montana. Dr. John Schallenkamp said, "We're able to bring in a machine that allows us to really deliver a variety of treatments to the greatest number of patients, so they don't have to travel outside the state to get the care we can deliver here." The video will launch when the "Watch the video" button is selected.
  August 4, 2009
   
• Varian Medical System's RapidArc at the Limburg Oncology Centre in Belgium
  Broadcast report that aired on TVL Television in Belgium about RapidArc being used by doctors at the Limburg Oncology Centre in Hasselt.
  July 4, 2009
   
• New High-Tech Device for Cancer Treatment Debuts In Naples
  Article from the Naples Daily News about RapidArc being used by doctors at the Prostate Center, owned by the Specialists in Urology group. Dr. Michael Smith said that “any radiation oncologist in the country would be envious to have this machine.”
  July 3, 2009
   
• New Technology in Radiation Therapy 
  Doctors from Verity Cancer Center in Plano, Texas discussed Varian’s RapidArc on WFAA-TV’s “Good Morning Texas” show. During the interview, Dr. Leach explains how RapidArc provides rapid radiation therapy specifically to the prostate and how patients don’t receive as much collateral damage to other organs. 
  July 1, 2009
    
• New Cancer Treatment Gives Patients Hope
  Broadcast report that aired on WOAI-4 in San Antonio, Texas about Varian’s Trilogy being used by doctors at the START Center for Cancer Care. Dr. Nena Mirkovic said that Trilogy is a breakthrough “since they’re able to give patients more radiation without damaging surrounding organs or tissue.”
  June 27, 2009
   
• Beat the Odds with RapidArc Radiation Therapy
  Broadcast report on WZZM-13 about doctors at Johnson Family Center for Cancer Care in Muskegon, Michigan using RapidArc to treat cancer patients.
  June 16, 2009
   
  
• New Cancer Fighting Machine Less Damaging on Healthy Cells 
  Broadcast report on Newscenter 25 about doctors at Citizens Medical Center in Victoria, Texas using RapidArc to treat cancer patients.
  June 5, 2009
     
  
• Right on Target: Linear Accelerator Improves Local Cancer Treatment
  Article in Jefferson City Magazine about Varian's Trilogy machine at the Goldschmidt Cancer Center in Jefferson City, Missouri.
  May 19, 2009
  
  
• Faster Radiation Delivers Precision Cancer Treatment  
  A television news story that aired on KENS 5-TV in San Antonio, Texas about doctors using RapidArc to treat patients at the Cancer Therapy and Research Center. In the story, Dr. Chul Ha says that RapidArc is "another great leap forward in the delivery of radiation treatment for cancer patients."
  May 6, 2009
   
• Varian Follows RapidArc Radiotherapy to Renewed Success
  San Jose Business Journal
  May 1, 2009
   
• New Technique Cuts Radiation Time 
  A television news story that aired on WTAJ-TV in Central Pennsylvania about how doctors at the St. Vincent's Comprehensive Cancer Center in New York City are using RapidArc to treat cancer patients.
  April 17, 2009
  
  
• UCLA Acquires New Cancer-Fighting Tool
  A television news story that ran on KCAL (CBS affiliate) in Los Angeles about how doctors at UCLA used their new Novalis Tx from Varian Medical Systems and BrainLAB to treat a case of inoperable lung cancer.
  April 1, 2009
  
  
• Louisville Hospital Becomes First in Kentucky to Use New Cancer Treatment
  A news story that aired on FOX-41 in Louisville, Kentucky about doctors at the University of Louisville's Cancer Center using RapidArc to treat cancer patients.  This story also ran numerous times in stations around the country.
  March 27, 2009
  
  
• HealthBeat: New Cancer Treatment Option
  A news story that aired on KOAT-TV in Albuquerque, New Mexico about doctors at the New Mexico Cancer Center using Varian’s RapidArc to treat cancer patients. In the broadcast, Dr. Bryan Goss said that RapidArc is the “quickest and the most precise treatment available.”
  March 9, 2009
  
  
• St. Joseph Adds New Technology
  Article about doctors at St. Joseph Hospital in Indiana using Varian’s RapidArc to treat cancer patients.
  Kokomo Tribune
  March 7, 2009
  
  
• RapidArc on Univision
  Varian's RapidArc was featured in a news story on Primer Impacto, a news program on Univision. Univision is a network of Spanish-language stations around the country.
  March 4, 2009
  
  
• Countdown to a Cure 
  Article about doctors at Staten Island Radiation Oncology using RapidArc to treat prostate cancer patients. The article described how imaging and treatment delivery are combined for a fast, accurate daily treatment.
  Staten Island Advance
  March 2, 2009
  
  
• Technology Helps Hoosier Cancer Patients
  

  Broadcast report that aired on Channel 6 (the Indy Channel) in Indianapolis, Indiana about Varian's RapidArc being used by doctors at Bloomington Hospital. Doctors there are saying that RapidArc is helping them to treat cancer patients with greater accuracy in less time.

  February 19, 2009
   
• New Cancer Treatment Gives Quick, Precise Doses
  Article about doctors at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center using Varian's RapidArc to treat cancer patients. Alta Bates is the first San Francisco Bay Area treatment center to offer treatment using RapidArc radiotherapy technology.
  San Francisco Chronicle
  February 16, 2009
  
  
• Targeted Treatment
  A television news report about how doctors at Innovative Cancer Institute are using RapidArc to treat cancer patients that aired on WPLG-TV (ABC affiliate) in Miami, Florida.
  February 2, 2009
  
  
• Rapid Radiation Treatment
  A Fox News broadcast report featured RapidArc being used to treat prostate cancer patients at St. Vincent’s Comprehensive Cancer Center in New York.
  January 22, 2009
  
  

• New Technology in Cancer Treatment
  A television news report about doctors at Community Care Physicians using RapidArc to treat a prostate cancer patient that aired on Capital News 9 in Albany, New York.
  January 13, 2009 
   

• Advanced Radiotherapy Treatments at North Estonia Regional Hospital
  A television news story about doctors in Estonia  using the country's first advanced radiotherapy machine made by Varian.  This story ran on ERR, the country’s leading public broadcasting station.
  December 23, 2008
   
• RapidArc Treatments at St. John's Hospital
  A television news story about Varian’s RapidArc that appeared on WICD in Champaign, Illinois. This story also ran on WICS (ABC-Springfield) and WCCU (FOX News/Champaign).
  December 23, 2008
  
  
• Valley Woman Tries Different Method for Breast Cancer
  A television news story about Trilogy that ran on KTVK-TV in Phoenix, Arizona.
  December 22, 2008
  
  
• RapidArc at St. Vincent's Comprehensive Cancer Center
  A television news story about Varian's RapidArc that ran on WCBS in New York.
  December 17, 2008
  
  
• Komen for the Cure: RapidArc Technology
  A television news report about how RapidArc technology is being used by doctors to treat cancer patients that aired on WPTV in West Palm Beach, Florida.
  December 15, 2008
  
  
• RapidArc at Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology in the UK
  Broadcast report about how doctors at Clatterbridge are using RapidArc to treat cancer patients that aired on BBC-One. 
  December 8, 2008
  
  
• RapidArc at St. Vincent's Comprehensive Cancer Center
  A television news item about Varian's RapidArc that ran on WPIX in New York. 
  December 1, 2008
  
  
• From Vision to Reality
  An article published in RT Image about the how doctors at the MIMA Cancer Center in Florida are using Varian technology to treat cancer patients.
  November/December 2008  
  
   
• Le Trilogy, Nouvelle Arme Contre le Cancer
  This story appeared in a French-language newspaper. The article is about Trilogy being used to treat cancer patients at Centre Paul Papin in Angers, France.
  November 21, 2008 
   
• Zapping tumors more accurately... thanks to Randy Shaver Cancer Research
  A television news story about Varian's respiratory gating technology and how it is being used to help breast cancer patients at Abbott Northwestern Hospital.
  November 12, 2008
   
• New Technology in Cancer Treatment  
  A television news story about Varian's RapidArc that ran on News 10 Now in Central New York.
  November 7, 2008
   
• New Laser Radiation Treats Cancer
  A television news story about Varian's new RapidArc radiotherapy technology that ran on R News, a television show that airs in Rochester, New York.
  October 25, 2008
   
• Tacoma on cutting edge of new cancer treatment
  This television news story about Varian's RapidArc radiotherapy technology aired on KOMO-TV in Seattle, as well as another 40 plus stations around the country. 
  October 21, 2008
      
• Faster, Stronger Cancer Killer
  A television news story about Varian's new RapidArc radiotherapy technology that was carried on over 30 television stations around the U.S.  This story has been featured on other television stations nationwide.
  September 4, 2008
   
• Recipient of cutting edge treatment
  Troy Record in Troy, New York
  September 3, 2008
   
• Sammons Cancer Center Gets New Radiation "Knife"
  Dallas Business Journal
  July 31, 2008
   
• New Procedure Allows Doctors to Remove Tumors Without Surgery
  The Tyler Paper in Tyler, Texas
  July 10, 2008
   
• Beverly Hills Center for Radiation Therapy First in Treatment Breakthrough
  Canyon News in Beverly Hills, California
  July 6, 2008
   
• Cancer Zappers
  Muskegon Chronicle in Muskegon, Michigan
  June 25, 2008
   
• Leap Into the Future
  Amarillo Globe-News in Amarillo, Texas
  June 17, 2008
   
• Jupiter Medical Center Buys Trilogy System
  South Florida Business Journal
  June 17, 2008
   
• Duke Fights Tumors With New Technology
  eMaxNews.com
  June 16, 2008
   
• New Options for Inoperable Cancer Patients
  A television news story from KING-5 in Seattle, Washington
  February 28, 2008
   
• TALES OF THE TAPE: Varian Medical Rebounds With New Product
  Dow Jones Newswires, February 12, 2008
   
• RapidArc Delivery Techniques for IMRT
  from the December, 2007 issue of Medical Imaging magazine 
   
• Software Helps Target Radiation Treatment for Cancer,
  from the December 3, 2007 issue of CompterWorld magazine 

• Edward Cancer Center Uses Trilogy to Treat Lung Cancer with Adaptive Image-Guided Radiotherapy
  Imaging Technology News
  July/August 2007
   

• New Machine Cuts Down Radiation Doses For Some Women
  KDSK-TV, St. Louis, 4/13/2007 (click on video link to see news story)
  By Kay Quinn, Healthbeat Reporter 
   
• Image-guided radiation therapy in the treatment of prostate cancer
  A FOX news story that aired on TV stations around the country, including KTVU San Francisco, between March 31 and April 7, 2007  

• University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center Doctors Treat Lung Cancer Using Trilogy Image-Guided Radiation Therapy (a video news release)

• Radiation Treatment at the Credit Valley Hospital
  A video about Varian's technology for image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT), produced by the Credit Valley Hospital in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
  Narrated by Dr. Thomas McGowan, Medical Director, Radiation Oncology (Presented with permission)
   
• Tumors Treated With Ease Thanks To New Method
  A television news story from 10-News in San Diego, California
  January 10, 2007 
   
• Santa Visits Child Treated for Brain Tumor at Piedmont Hospital
  A television news story from WAGA-TV in Atlanta, Georgia
  December 22, 2006 
   
• Frameless Radiosurgery Treatment for Brain Tumors at Emory Winship Cancer Institute
  Imaging Technology News
  November 2006 
   

• Dynamic Targeting IGRT - A Leap in Cancer Treatment Accuracy
  Advance, ASTRO Issue
  October 2006

• Stereotactic Body Radiosurgery for Lung Cancer at the MIMA Cancer Center in Melbourne, FL
  Imaging Technology News
  October 2006

• New Technology Helps Better Treat Cancer Patients
  A television news story from WJZ-TV in Baltimore, Maryland
  May 25, 2006 
   
• New Technology Treating Cancer
  A television news story from WBAL-TV in Baltimore, Maryland
  May 16, 2006 
   
• Trilogy: Cutting-edge Stereotactic Radiosurgery by Ellen Bellairs, M.D.
  Reprinted with permission from Minnesota Physician Publishing, www.mppub.com
  Minnesota Physician
  May 2006 
   
• Targeting Treatment
  RT Image
  February 20, 2006 
   
• Varian Trilogy System in "Coping with Cancer" Healthcast segment 
  A television news story from CBS Channel 7 in Boston, Massachusetts, about how a doctor at Rhode Island Hospital is treating prostate cancer using Varian's Trilogy system to deliver image-guided radiotherapy (requires Windows MediaPlayer)
  January 6, 2006