MultiCare Health System

KOMO-TV recently came to Tacoma General Hospital to see the use of the Varian Trilogy Linear Accelerator, which has recently been equipped with Rapid Arc technology. This enables physicians to target a tumor with such accuracy; it doesn’t damage surrounding tissue, eliminating the side effects of radiation treatment. It has also reduced the time of treatment from 25-30 minutes to as little as 90 seconds, minimizing discomfort for the patient. Tacoma General is only one of eight centers in the country using this system and is the only using it for a variety of diagnoses. Other centers are using it mostly for prostate treatments.

Watch the story at: http://www.komonews.com/news/health/31773639.html

The story originally aired on Tuesday, October 21. Since then, it was picked up by the ABC network and made available to its affiliate stations nationwide. It was picked up by CBS and Fox and made available for use on their affiliate stations. So far, the story has aired again on KOMO, plus 38 other television markets nationwide:

Raleigh-Durham (Fayetteville), North Carolina
Calgary, Alberta
Billings. Montana
Butte-Bozeman. Montana
Helena. Montana
New Orleans. Louisiana
El Paso. Texas
South Bend-Elkhart. Indiana
Kansas City. Missouri
Reno. Nevada
Salt Lake City. Utah
San Antonio. Texas
Eugene. Oregon
Portland. Oregon
Augusta. Georgia
Greenville-Spartanburg. South Carolina
Asheville. North Carolina-Anderson. South Carolina
Jacksonville. Florida
Waco-Temple-Bryan. Texas
Cedar Rapids- Waterloo- Iowa City & Dubuque. Iowa
Ft. Smith-Fayetteville-Springdale- Rogers, Arkansas
Austin, Texas
Tallahassee, Florida- Thomasville, Georgia
Albany-Schenectady-Troy. New York
Philadelphia. Pennsylvania
Chattanooga. Tennessee
Harrisonburg. Virginia
Milwaukee. Wisconsin
Columbus. Ohio
Rockford, Illinois