Varian Medical Systems Schedules Second Quarter FY2008 News Release and Conference Call

PALO ALTO, Calif., March 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Varian Medical Systems announced today that it will report results for second quarter of fiscal year 2008 following the close of regular trading on Wednesday, April 23, 2008. The news release will be followed by a teleconference available to all interested parties at 2:00 p.m. PT.

The Varian Medical Systems quarterly results can be accessed on April 23, 2008 via:

News Release: Contact Anne Rambo via phone at 650-424-5834 or via e-mail at anne.rambo@varian.com to have a copy of the news release faxed, or visit the Varian website at http://www.varian.com/news. Internet Simulcast: http://www.varian.com/investor Teleconference: Telephone from within the U.S.: -- Dial 1-800-599-9795 and enter access code 16952454 prior to the call at 2:00 p.m. PT/5:00 p.m. ET. Telephone from outside the U.S.: -- Dial 1-617-786-2905 and enter access code 16952454 prior to the call at 2:00 p.m. PT/5:00 p.m. ET. *Note: If the number of lines allocated to the call is exhausted, the webcast or replay should be utilized. Replay: The teleconference will be rebroadcast until 8:00 p.m. ET, Friday, April 25, 2008 and can be accessed by phone or Web link as follows: -- Telephone from within the U.S.: Dial 1-888-286-8010 and enter access code 36929389. -- Telephone from outside the U.S.: Dial 1-617-801-6888 and enter access code 36929389. -- Internet: Click on the "Quarterly Conference Call" icon on the company's investor relations website at http://www.varian.com/investor

Web conferences will be archived on the company website for a year. Additional information about Varian Medical Systems can be obtained on the company's website. Investors can subscribe to receive automatic "e-mail alerts" regarding Varian news and events via the company website at http://www.varian.com/investor.

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 4,600 people who are located at manufacturing sites in North America and Europe and in its 60 sales and support offices around the world. For more information, visit http://www.varian.com/.

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: Spencer Sias, (650) 424-5782 Vice President, Corporate Communications and Investor Relations spencer.sias@varian.com