Swiss Breast Cancer Patient Becomes First in World to Receive Treatment Using Gated RapidArc from Varian Medical Systems

Press releases may be edited for formatting or style | September 01, 2010

Gated RapidArc is a standard feature on the new TrueBeam™ system and is available as an option or upgrade on the Trilogy® and Clinac® iX accelerators from Varian.

Varian's RapidArc capability is now installed in more than 500 clinics around the world and the company has recorded more than 1,000 orders for the product since introducing it in 2008. Gated RapidArc, which was introduced earlier this year, is the next generation version of this clinical tool. As a result of being able to deliver IMRT treatments much more quickly than conventional fixed beam IMRT, RapidArc has the potential to enhance treatment precision and patient comfort while significantly lowering the cost per treatment.

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According to breast cancer charities, one in ten of all new cancers diagnosed worldwide each year is breast cancer. It is the most common cancer in women in both developing and developed areas and is the principal cause of death from cancer among women. The World Health organization says nearly 1.4 million women worldwide were diagnosed with the disease in 2008.

About Varian Medical Systems

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.

SOURCE Varian Medical Systems, Inc.

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