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• Tacoma General Featured on KOMO-TV for New Radiation Treatments

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  Story picked up by 40 television markets nationwide

  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

  Posted on Nov 1, 2008 in