Press - Dr. Sandra S. Vermeulen, M.D.

	New Technology Aims To Better Treat Cancer

	"This is the first of its kind, the first machine that's been able to track motion," said Dr. Sandra Vermeulen, Co-Director of the Seattle CyberKnife Center Watch TV Interview

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Fly-Fishing as Cancer Therapy
How it can help women avoid a common side effect of treatment

By JULIE DAVIDOW

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RADIO: Fly-Fishing Equals Good Medicine
Broadcast by: Elizabeth Wynne Johnson
SEATTLE, WA (2006-04-27) There's something about fly fishing that inspires amateur enthusiasts and Hollywood directors alike to explore its magic. To a cancer doctor in Seattle, it seemed like the right blend of physical and emotional therapy for women who are recovering from breast cancer. KPLU's Elizabeth Wynne Johnson has the story. NPR (National Public Broadcasting) - KPLU News Radio

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Casting Call
By: Suzanne Reeder
(2006-09) Every fly-fisher carries with him, closer to his heart than even his fly box, a memory of that idyllic day on the river when his line, the water, and even the fish seemed to function as a single, perfect whole. The story usually culminates in catching the legendary fish (which grows bigger on each telling), but if you can get the fisherman to really explore the experience, you'll learn the catch was only part of the magic. The rest of it -- the tranquility, the solitude, the bond with nature -- gives the memory its meaning.

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Northwest Casting Call – No Experience Necessary
By Michael Hamilton
“It’s been the worst year of their life. A year of living hell with constant burnout, “says Dr Sandra Vermeulen, chief radiation oncologist at Northwest Hospital. Dr Vermeulen, an avid fly fisher for the past 15 years, has developed Northwest Casting Call: a Fly Fishing Adventure for Life as a remedy to heal body and soul. Read more ...

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New Technology Aims To Better Treat Cancer

"We're looking at treating lung tumors this way, we're looking at treatment prostate cancer this way, pancreatic tumors this way and now we can have a modality that can limit the radiation dose to this tissues and as a result, we can push the doses higher," said Dr. Sandra Vermeulen of Swedish Medical Center.

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