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| 03/17/2010 | 8:00AM | PRNUS | Varian Medical Systems to Showcase Image-Guided Radiotherapy, Radiosurgery, and X-ray Imaging Technologies at Major Medical Meet
Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (NYSE: VAR), the world's leading manufacturer of medical technology for treating cancer with radiotherapy and radiosurgery, will showcase its technology at two medical events in Asia during the month of March: 13th Asian Oceanian Congress of Radiology in Taipei (AOCR), March 20-23The 22nd International... More...>> |
| 03/15/2010 | 8:00AM | PRNUS | Varian Medical Systems Schedules Second Quarter FY2010 News Release and Conference Call
Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR) announced today that it will report results for second quarter of fiscal year 2010 following the close of regular trading on Wednesday, April 28, 2010. 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... More...>> |
| 03/11/2010 | 8:00AM | PRNUS | Leading Varian-Equipped Proton Therapy Center Treats 100th Patient
Clinicians at the Rinecker Proton Therapy Center (RPTC) in Munich have treated their 100th patient using advanced proton therapy systems supplied by Varian Medical Systems . The landmark treatment comes just three months after a second treatment gantry was commissioned at the center, which offers advanced pencil-beam proton... More...>> |
| 03/10/2010 | 8:00AM | PRNUS | Cancer Patients in Kent Gain Access to Advanced RapidArc(R) Radiotherapy Treatments from Varian
Cancer patients in Kent will gain access to advanced radiotherapy treatments with the decision by the Kent Oncology Centre to acquire two fully-equipped treatment machines from Varian Medical Systems . The machines, due to be delivered to oncology departments in Maidstone and Canterbury in the spring, will mean these departments... More...>> |
| 03/04/2010 | 8:00AM | PRNUS | Varian Medical Systems to Highlight Leading Solutions for Digital X-Ray Imaging at the ECR Annual Meeting
ECR Booth #314/Expo C -- Varian Medical Systems, Inc. , X-Ray Products, will be showcasing its full line of PaxScan ® X-ray image detectors for filmless imaging at the European Congress of Radiology Annual (ECR) meeting in Vienna, Austria from March 4 - 8, 2010. Varian will also highlight X-ray tubes for fluoroscopy... More...>> |
| 03/03/2010 | 8:44AM | PRNUS | Researchers Pave Way for Tracking of Prostate Motion With a Single kV Imager During Arc Radiotherapy
Researchers in the US and Denmark have made a breakthrough in image-guided targeting of prostate tumors during arc radiotherapy treatments. In research partially supported by Varian Medical Systems , physicists at Stanford University (California, USA) and Aarhus University Hospital (Aarhus, Denmark) have devised a method... More...>> |
| 02/22/2010 | 8:00AM | PRNUS | Varian Medical Systems Awarded a Patent for Improving X-Ray Shielding
Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (NYSE:VAR), a premier supplier of X-ray tubes and flat panel digital image detectors, announced it has been awarded a patent for improved shielding in X-ray tubes. It is the company's 100th X-ray tube patent from the United States Patent Office. The new Patent # 7661445 entitled "Shielded Cathode... More...>> |
| 02/22/2010 | 8:00AM | PRNUS | Varian Medical Systems Showcases Advanced Radiotherapy and Brachytherapy Products at ACRO 2010, February 25-27, Florida, Booth N
Varian Medical Systems (NYSE:VAR) will be displaying its extensive range of radiotherapy and brachytherapy technology advancements at the annual American College of Radiation Oncology (ACRO) conference in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, later this week. Varian can be found on Booths 34 and 35. In advance of the show, Varian... More...>> |
| 01/27/2010 | 8:00AM | PRNUS | Varian Medical Systems Receives Certification to Assemble X-Ray Tubes in China
Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (NYSE:VAR), a premier supplier of X-ray tubes and flat panel digital image detectors, today announced it has been given certification to assemble and service X-ray tubes in China to support its growing customer base of X-ray equipment manufacturers and service organizations. "The certification... More...>> |
| 01/26/2010 | 9:31AM | PRNUS | Critical Alerts for Qualcomm, Occidental Petroleum, DuPont, AmeriCredit, and Varian Medical Systems Released by Seven Summits Re
Seven Summits Research issues PriceWatch Alerts for QCOM, OXY, DD, ACF, and VAR. Seven Summits Strategic Investments' PriceWatch Alerts are available at http://www.iotogo.com/s/012610A (Note: You may have to copy this link into your browser then press the [ENTER] key.) Today's PriceWatch Alerts cover the following stocks:... More...>> |
| 01/22/2010 | 5:38PM | DJN | UPDATE: Hospital Equipment Spending Freeze Starting To Thaw
(Adds comments from Cleveland Clinic surgeon, closing share prices.) By Jon Kamp Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES After a long funk, U.S. hospitals may be opening their wallets to spend on expensive capital equipment like imaging machines and robotic surgical systems. Strong fourth-quarter sales for surgical-robot maker Intuitive... More...>> |
| 01/22/2010 | 2:40PM | DJN | US Hospital Equipment Spending Freeze Starting To Thaw
By Jon Kamp Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES After a long funk, U.S. hospitals may be opening their wallets to spend on expensive capital equipment like imaging machines and robotic surgical systems. Strong fourth-quarter sales for surgical-robot maker Intuitive Surgical Inc. (ISRG) and improvements for General Electric Co.'s (GE... More...>> |
| 01/19/2010 | 8:00AM | PRNUS | Cancer Patients Gain Greater Access to Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy Treatments at Leading German Clinic
The Rinecker Proton Therapy Center (RPTC) in Munich has doubled its capacity with the successful commissioning of a second treatment room that will enable it to deliver intensity modulated proton therapy using pencil-beam scanning technology from Varian Medical Systems (NYSE:VAR) of Palo Alto, Calif. "The commissioning... More...>> |
| 12/22/2009 | 8:00AM | PRNUS | Hope International Centro de Radioterapia of Guatemala Becomes First in Latin America to Treat Cancer Using RapidArc(R) Radiothe
Four cancer patients became the first in Latin America to receive treatment using a fast form of image-guided radiotherapy that potentially enables doctors to improve outcomes while extending modern care to more patients. Doctors at Hope International Centro de Radioterapia of Guatemala are now treating four patients using... More...>> |
| 12/21/2009 | 11:00AM | PRNUS | Slovenia's Sole Radiotherapy Hospital Unveils Novalis Tx(TM) Platform From Varian and BrainLAB
Slovenian Minister of Health Borut Miklavcic today officially unveiled the nation's first Novalis Tx(TM) radiosurgery platform for modern radiotherapy and radiosurgery at the Oncology Institute of Ljubljana. The new treatment platform from Varian Medical Systems (NYSE:VAR) and BrainLAB will give Slovenian cancer patients... More...>> |
| 12/15/2009 | 8:00AM | PRNUS | Varian Medical Systems Schedules First Quarter FY2010 News Release and Conference Call
Varian Medical Systems (NYSE:VAR) announced today that it will report results for first quarter of fiscal year 2010 following the close of regular trading on Wednesday, January 27, 2010. 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... More...>> |
| 12/15/2009 | 8:00AM | PRNUS | European Radiotherapy Pioneers Deliver First Varian RapidArc(TM) Treatment for Rectal Carcinoma Patient
Ghent University Hospital in Belgium, among the first hospitals in the world to pioneer radiotherapy treatments using arc therapy, has carried out its first treatment using fast and efficient RapidArc radiotherapy technology from Varian Medical Systems (NYSE:VAR). A 56-year-old male rectal carcinoma patient was treated... More...>> |
| 12/04/2009 | 6:38PM | PRNUS | Varian Medical Systems Schedules Annual Stockholder Meeting in Palo Alto
Varian Medical Systems (NYSE:VAR) announced today that its Board of Directors has set the regular 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders for February 11, 2010 with a record date of December 16, 2009. The meeting will be held at the Crowne Plaza Cabana Hotel, 4290 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, California at 4:30 p.m. PT. The... More...>> |
| 12/01/2009 | 2:37PM | PRNUS | Fighting Prostate Cancer With Speed and Accuracy: RapidArc(R) Radiotherapy Available at the Delaware Valley Urology Cancer Treat
Former New Jersey Assemblyman Francis Bodine was surprised and delighted when his radiotherapy treatment sessions for prostate cancer went from about 20 minutes each day to less than five. Midway through his course of treatment, doctors at the Delaware Valley Urology Cancer Center acquired the region's first RapidArc®... More...>> |
| 11/19/2009 | 8:00AM | PRNUS | University College Hospital in London Introduces Treatments Delivering Faster Form of Radiotherapy
Two female brain tumor patients have become the first people in the south of England to be treated using a faster form of radiotherapy that extends more advanced care to more patients. RapidArc technology from Varian Medical Systems (NYSE:VAR) makes it possible to deliver image-guided IMRT (intensity modulated radiotherapy... More...>> |