Patient Information
Patient Stories
Everything we do at Varian is motivated by a desire to make a difference in the lives of patients. Because of this we have created radiotherapy technology for treating cancer and other disorders with the highest levels of precision and accuracy. This has enabled patients to have better outcomes and fewer side effects from treatment.
These patients have shared their personal stories about what it was like for them after they were diagnosed and then treated using the latest technology from Varian Medical Systems.
Brain Tumor
- Brain cancer patient Diana Mitchell shares her personal story.
- Patient's Husband Talks About His Wife's Experience of Being Treated for a Recurrent Brain Tumor.
- Relaxation Techniques Help Brain Cancer Patient during Her Radiosurgery Treatment.
- Odette Pringle, 47, Receives RapidArc™ Treatments for a Brain Tumor.
Breast Cancer
Gynecological Cancer
Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Lung Cancer
- Lung cancer patient Denise Dopico shares her personal story.
- Lung cancer patient Glenda Lamb shares her personal story.
Metastatic Cancer
- Lillian Reidell shares her personal story of being treated with image-guided radiotherapy for lung cancer that metastasized to her adrenal glands.
- A forty-seven-year-old mother of four is treated for breast cancer that had spread to her brain and liver.
- A sixty-four-year-old man is treated for lung cancer that had spread to his liver.
- A forty-eight year old man is treated for lung cancer that had spread to his spine and brain.
Prostate Cancer
- Michael Gunville Treated for Prostate Cancer.
- Linwood Holeman Receives RapidArc Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer at Emory University Hospital Midtown.
- All the Right Moves: A Patient at Bloomington Hospital in Indiana Talks About His RapidArc Treatments for Prostate Cancer.
- Grandfather Warren Green talks about receiving image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) for prostate cancer.
- Sabin Robbins Receives RapidArc Radiotherapy Treatments to Beat Prostate Cancer.
- Prostate Cancer Patient "Fascinated" by the Technology Used to Treat His Tumor.
Spinal Cancer
Throat Cancer
- Throat Cancer Patient Patsy Huban Shares Her Personal Story.
- Freda E. Talks About Her Experience of Being Treated for Throat Cancer.
