KOMO News - Feb 16, 2009
KOMO's own Kathi Goertzen returned to the anchor desk on Monday, and she shared her heroic story of her ongoing battle with a brain tumor...
 Watch Kathy tell her story

Seattle P-I - May 16, 2006
Seattle's new CyberKnife cuts straight to the tumor - pricey treatment can minimize the harm to healthy tissue...
 Read the Seattle P-I story

Nov 2009
The Seattle CyberKnife Center at Swedish Medical Center is one of a dozen sites nationwide to start testing the use of the CyberKnife System to treat breast cancer patients following lumpectomy...The benefits of this approach include superior cosmetic outcomes and reduced emotional and psychological effects...
Read the article on page A1 of the medical center's pages in Physicians Practice

Jan 2009
CyberKnife 3-D image-guided radiosurgery extends lives...At the Seattle CyberKnife Center at Swedish Medical Center, physicians use technology to extend patients' lives without the lingering pain or residual effects normally associated with surgery...
Read the article on page A4 of the medical center's pages in Physicians Practice

Fall 2006
Thanks to a new technology now available at Swedish, Larry Lautenslager says he and his family have a renewed sense of hope that "everything will be all right."...
Read the story on page 8 of HealthWatch

Fall 2009
The Cyberknife at Swedish Hospital has been used extensively to treat spinal metastases, especially in patients whose lesions are inoperable and for those who have had prior radiation. This is a rapidly expanding indication for this type of radiosurgery...
Read the article on page 6 of BrainWaves

Winter 2010 issue
Healthy Eating During Cancer: Tips for the Kitchen
A healthy diet and lifestyle is always useful to help you feel your best, especially during cancer treat-ment. There are a number of easy strat-egies you can use to keep your energy and comfort levels as close to normal as possible....
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Fall 2009 issue
Patient Navigators Go Online
For those on the cancer journey, sometimes simply getting to the resources available can be a daunting task. The American Cancer Society's Online Patient Navigator Program is helping to break down those barriers, getting the right resources to the right people at the right time...
Read the Fall 2009 issue

Spring 2008 issue
Cancer Rehabilitation - ACTIVE program
Helping patients deal with the physical, mental and emotional challenges that arise from living with cancer. ACTIVE is a rehabilitation program in which cancer patients can participate before, during and after treatment...
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Winter 2008 issue
Improving Communication: How Podcasts Can Help Patients
Anyone who knows someone with cancer is probably aware thatthere is an incredible amount of medical information in the world, ranging from news stories about new treatments to Web sites from cancer organizations to multiple recommendations from different doctors...
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Fall 2008 issue
Navigators Help Guide Patients through the Cancer Experience
Whether it is getting patients and caregivers the information they need to make treatment decisions, helping them deal with the day-to-day challenges of living with cancer, or connecting them with community resources, patient navigators can provide help throughout the disease continuum from the time of diagnosis, through treatment, into survivorship...
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Spring 2008 issue
Oncology On Canvas Art Exhibit Comes to Swedish During its National Tour
The Lilly Oncology on Canvas international art competition and exhibition provides everyone affected by cancer the opportunity to express visually and in narrative the life-affirming changes that give that journey meaning...
Read the Spring 2008 issue