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# Patient stories

![Dr. Andrew Tam with medical staff and the NanoKnife system used to deliver focal therapy for localized prostate cancer at Sutter East Bay Medical Group.](https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/sutterhealt962c-sutterhealt8fce-production57cc-4860/media/Project/SutterHealth/Vitals/patient-stories/Nanoknife_group_picture_under_2MB-e1793114738172.jpg?h=1027&iar=0&w=1553)

## [Treating prostate cancer while preserving what matters most](https://vitals.sutterhealth.org/patient-stories/treating-prostate-cancer-while-preserving-what-matters-most)

October 30, 2026

## [Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital NICU delivers for Michigan mom](https://vitals.sutterhealth.org/patient-stories/ssrrh-nicu-delivers-for-michigan-mom)

October 20, 2026

![mother, father and newborn baby in the NICU](https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/sutterhealt962c-sutterhealt8fce-production57cc-4860/media/Project/SutterHealth/Vitals/patient-stories/ssrrh-nicu-patient-and-child.png?h=670&iar=0&w=960)

## [Santa Cruz sets state standard for low C-sections](https://vitals.sutterhealth.org/patient-stories/santa-cruz-sets-state-standard-for-low-c-sections)

October 15, 2026

![Roxanne Beltran and Patrick Robinson sit on a blanket on a coastal bluff holding their baby, Remy, with a picnic basket beside them and the ocean behind](https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/sutterhealt962c-sutterhealt8fce-production57cc-4860/media/Project/SutterHealth/Vitals/patient-stories/Roxanne-and-Patrick-Picnic-with-Remy.jpg?h=416&iar=0&w=624)

## [The Blood Pressure Check That Changed Everything](https://vitals.sutterhealth.org/patient-stories/she-almost-went-back-to-sleep-then-she-checked-her-blood-pressure)

October 15, 2026

![A smiling mother in a blue jacket looks down at her newborn, who gazes back up at her, wearing a gray patterned outfit](https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/sutterhealt962c-sutterhealt8fce-production57cc-4860/media/Project/SutterHealth/Vitals/patient-stories/Sara-Caraballo-and-Newborn-Daughter.jpg?h=938&iar=0&w=1475)

## [At 83, She Wants to Hear Every Conversation](https://vitals.sutterhealth.org/patient-stories/at-83-she-wants-to-hear-every-conversation)

October 15, 2026

![Dr. Varun Varadarajan, in a white coat over teal scrubs, stands with an arm around Maritha de Werk, a smiling older woman in a gray T-shirt, in an exam room](https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/sutterhealt962c-sutterhealt8fce-production57cc-4860/media/Project/SutterHealth/Vitals/patient-stories/Maritha-de-Werk-and-Dr-Varadarajan.jpg?h=750&iar=0&w=1000)

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