Varian Medical Systems Schedules Webcast of Investor Meeting and Fiscal Year End Review at ASTRO in San Diego, November 2, 2010 | Varian

PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR) will hold a webcast of its investor event on Tuesday, November 2 at the annual meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) in San Diego.  The meeting and presentation will be webcast beginning at 7:30 a.m. pacific time.  To access the webcast, click on http://investors.varian.com/index.php?s=19&item=148.  The meeting will include a review of fiscal year 2010 and new products and technology being featured at the company's ASTRO exhibition.

Management presentations will focus on new technologies and products and growth initiatives within the company's Oncology Systems, X-Ray Products, and emerging businesses. Management will include: Varian Medical Systems' CEO and President Tim Guertin; Executive Vice President and Oncology Systems President Dow Wilson; Senior Vice President and CFO Elisha Finney; Senior Vice President and President X-Ray Products Robert Kluge; Vice President Emerging Businesses Lester Boeh; and Investor Relations Vice President Spencer Sias.

Varian Medical Systems, Inc., of Palo Alto, California, is the world's leading manufacturer of medical devices and software for treating cancer and other medical conditions with radiotherapy, radiosurgery, proton therapy, and brachytherapy. The company supplies informatics software for managing comprehensive cancer clinics, radiotherapy centers and medical oncology practices. Varian is a premier supplier of tubes and digital detectors for X-ray imaging in medical, scientific, and industrial applications and also supplies X-ray imaging products for cargo screening and industrial inspection. Varian Medical Systems employs approximately 5,200 people who are located at manufacturing sites in North America, Europe, and China and approximately 70 sales and support offices around the world. For more information, visit http://www.varian.com.

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