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
Breast Cancer
Gynecological Cancer
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
- Prostate cancer patient Clark Hayward shares his personal story.
- Grandfather Warren Green talks about receiving image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) for prostate cancer.
Throat Cancer
- Throat Cancer Patient Patsy Huban Shares Her Personal Story.
- Freda E. Talks About Her Experience of Being Treated for Throat Cancer
Trigeminal Neuralgia (Neurosurgery)
