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MIAMI BEACH, Fla., April 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading experts in radiosurgery of the spine will present information about how to treat spinal tumors effectively using stereotactic radiosurgery rather than invasive surgical procedures during the annual meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) here later this week. New techniques in image-guided radiosurgical treatment of benign and malignant spinal lesions will be the focus of a special workshop for...

DURBAN, South Africa, April 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Fast RapidArc® radiotherapy treatments for cancer patients have captured the attention and interest of leading clinicians who have begun offering it in Africa. Clinicians from across Africa attended a week-long workshop sponsored here by Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR) where image-guided RapidArc IMRT technology was the focus of discussion. Doctors and decision makers from South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Kenya and Angola...

MIAMI BEACH, Fla., April 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR) will showcase RapidArc® Radiosurgery on the TrueBeam(TM) STx system--a highly precise and noninvasive way of excising tumors using carefully shaped high-energy X-ray beams--at the annual meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) in Miami Beach later this week. Clinicians who are gaining early experience in the clinical use of RapidArc® Radiosurgery are finding that this...

YOKOHAMA, Japan, April 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (NYSE: VAR), the leading manufacturer of medical devices for treating cancer, will exhibit the company's advanced technologies for image-guided radiotherapy and radiosurgery at the International Technical Exhibition of Medical Imaging (ITEM) 2012, taking place here later this week. Varian will also co-sponsor a luncheon seminar on real-time 4-D radiotherapy, an approach that uses imaging and tracking...

BUDAPEST, Hungary, April 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR) is opening a local office in Hungary with the aim of helping the country's radiotherapy departments to offer advanced treatments for a growing cancer population. The headquarters, situated in Budapest and initially employing seven people, will serve Hungary's radiotherapy departments and act as a sales and support services support hub for customers across south-east Europe. The majority of...

BANGKOK, April 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Chulabhorn Hospital here has become the first clinic in Thailand to commence treating cancer using the TrueBeam(TM) system from Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR). Clinicians used the new system early this year to treat a 63-year-old liver cancer patient with stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR)--a precise method of using carefully shaped high-energy radiation beams to attack a tumor from outside the body, without performing surgery....

BEIJING, March 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (NYSE: VAR), a leading manufacturer of medical devices for treating cancer with radiotherapy, will exhibit the full spectrum of the company's advanced clinical capabilities and technologies at the 24th International Medical Instruments and Equipment Exhibition (ChinaMed), taking place here later this month. Varian will also co-sponsor a day-long "Advances in Radiation Oncology" symposium, and will present...

PALO ALTO, Calif., March 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR) announced today that it will report results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2012 following the close of regular trading on Wednesday, April 25, 2012. The news release will be followed by a teleconference available to all interested parties at 2:00 p.m. PT. The news release and a link to the conference call webcast will be available on the company website at: www.varian.com/investor. To access...

PALO ALTO, Calif., March 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Varian Medical Systems, Inc., (NYSE: VAR) today announced it has reached an agreement to acquire InfiMed, Inc., a privately-owned, leading supplier of workstations including hardware and software for processing diagnostic X-ray images. The acquisition, which is expected to close in early April subject to the satisfaction of certain closing conditions, will operate within Varian's X-Ray Products segment. The agreement provides that...

SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ECR Booth #313/Expo C -- Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (NYSE: VAR), will exhibit X-ray tubes and PaxScan® digital image detectors for fluoroscopy, angiography, cardiology and cone-beam CT imaging at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) annual meeting in Vienna, Austria, from March 1- 5, 2012. "This year our exhibit reflects our dedication to continuous product improvement," said Stephen Kimmel, vice president of Sales and...