Patient Stories

Read first hand accounts of successful cancer treatments

Brain Tumor

Miranda’s Story

Miranda is a 40-year-old woman who enjoys knitting for her friends and family who have children. She is involved in breast cancer groups to help other people diagnosed with this disease. Miranda was initially diagnosed with primary breast cancer in August 2014 when she was

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Cervical Cancer

Abby’s Story

Abby is a 33-year-old ER nurse with an active life. She has a fiancé and a dog named Roscoe. She was diagnosed with a stage III cervical cancer in October 2021. Abby’s pap smears had always been normal but because of some symptoms she was

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Acoustic Neuroma

Mark’s Story

Mark’s journey with his Acoustic Neuroma started years before he knew it. In 1991 he remembers sitting in his living room listening to music through headphones and thinking that the right speaker didn’t sound right. He assumed that the stereo was broken and he’d just

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Acoustic Neuroma

Suzanne’s Story

For 34-year-old Suzanne, nothing is more important than being the best mother possible to her young children. But in the fall of 2005, a discovery during a routine brain scan threatened to hinder the Phoenix, Ariz., mom’s ability to care for her children. Several years

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Acoustic Neuroma

Elaine’s Story

My decision to speak with an Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) doctor came about because I thought I was losing my hearing in my right ear. I found myself asking, “Did you say something to me?” more often than I thought I should be and

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Acoustic Neuroma

Laurenz’s Story

Laurenz first experienced some balance problems and hearing loss back in 1996. He went to a general practitioner (GP) who thought he might have had a buildup of wax. Then, after a few more weeks, he went to a GP again who thought it might

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Spine Cancer

Maria’s Story

Family comes first for Maria. With parents, two sons, and a granddaughter that Maria is very close with, she focuses her energies on keeping her family healthy and happy. That’s why she didn’t pay much attention to a slight pain she experienced periodically on the

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Spine Cancer

Valorie’s Story

In February 1969, Valorie’s arteriovenous malformation (AVM) bled for the first time. She felt extreme pain on the back of her neck, her body shook with spasms for about an hour and the right side of her body went numb. Valorie’s parents thought she had

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Prostate Cancer

Bob’s Story

Bob had no reason to be concerned when he arrived for a routine physical back in 2007. Things changed quickly, however, after he registered a 7 reading on his annual prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test. After a biopsy, Bob was diagnosed with prostate cancer. The doctor

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Prostate Cancer

Peter’s Story

A cancer diagnosis is a traumatic event. It can also be a learning experience. After diagnosis, Peter began comprehensively researching prostate cancer treatments, including interviews with about 30 people from all over the country. His goal was to find the least invasive, most practical treatment

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Prostate Cancer

Warren’s Story

Most people, like Warren, worry about surgery – the procedure and its potentially debilitating side effects. After choosing a non-surgical alternative for his care, the CyberKnife® System, Warren chronicles his experience through one week of treatments. Listen to Warren and his oncologist discuss each of the five

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Prostate Cancer

Paul’s Story

It takes a village to handle and survive metastatic prostate cancer, a prostate cancer that has spread to bones or lungs or lymph nodes and elsewhere. And one of the crucial aspects of that village, for me, has been the CyberKnife® Robotic Radiosurgery System, a

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Important Safety Statement: Most side effects of radiotherapy, including radiotherapy delivered with Accuray systems, are mild and temporary, often involving fatigue, nausea, and skin irritation. Side effects can be severe, however, leading to pain, alterations in normal body functions (for example, urinary or salivary function), deterioration of quality of life, permanent injury and even death. Side effects can occur during or shortly after radiation treatment or in the months and years following radiation. The nature and severity of side effects depend on many factors, including the size and location of the treated tumor, the treatment technique (for example, the radiation dose), the patient’s general medical condition, to name a few. For more details about the side effects of your radiation therapy, and if treatment with an Accuray product is right for you, ask your doctor.