Press Releases

Concord, CA, June 2010 – Prowess Inc, a radiation oncology treatment-planning software company, has received FDA 510(k) clearance for Puma (Oncology Information System | Record and Verify). Offered at an enticing price, Puma is so affordable that medical professionals will be able to acquire a new OIS | R&V system for their oncology department without the typical anxiety over how to meet a tight budget.

Prowess created Puma to provide a comprehensive and highly reliable computerized Record and Verify System to help radiation therapists improve quality control and provide invaluable scheduling, record-keeping, and report-generating functionalities. Fully integrated, Puma enables a paperless office by importing radiation treatment plans in DICOM and RTP. The result is an intuitive system that expedites the clinical workflow and empowers the oncology team to focus on their highest priority – the patient.

Key Features and Benefits:
• Oncology specific EMR
• Diagnosis and Staging
• Radiation prescription monitoring
• Scheduling and Reports
• Simple, Intuitive Interface
• HIPAA compliance
• Multi-client access to central database

We are excited about our first MU effective Direct Aperture Optimization (DAO) based Treatment Planning System (TPS); we continue to incorporate higher standards to improve Clinical treatments. Prowess continues to review advances in research and technology that would enhance the performance of its products to increase patient benefits.

Radiation Oncologists now can offer treatments customized to the patient’s anatomy right before treatment to target the tumor and spare healthy tissue.

Concord, CA, May 2009 – Prowess Inc. has received FDA 510(k) clearance for RealART (Real-Time Adaptive Radiation Therapy). With this latest innovation Prowess demonstrates
their commitment to Research and Development as well as offering continuous improvement to the radiation oncology treatment field. [

New release achieves superior IMRT plans in minutes.

Concord, CA – Prowess, INC. has proudly announced the release of the latest version of their treatment planning system, Panther Version 4.6, for December 2008. Among its other noteworthy technological advances, this version’s greatest improvement is in the speed of IMRT Optimization and quality of plans it generates.

CONCORD, Calif., Feb. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Siemens Healthcare (http://www.usa.siemens.com/healthcare) announces an exclusive partnership with Prowess Inc. to develop advanced radiation oncology treatment planning software for integration into Siemens' linear accelerators. The combination of Prowess' unique treatment planning system with Siemens' leading oncology solutions technology will help provide users with one of the most effective and reliable radiation therapy treatment solutions available in the market.

Chico, California, January 18, 2007 - Prowess Inc. today announced the planned 1st Quarter 2007 release of brachytherapy inverse planning for the Panther Treatment Planning System.

Chico, CA (September 13th, 2006)- Radiation oncology software company Prowess, Inc. is pleased to report the most recent findings of Dr. Ping Xia, Ph.D. (University of California at San Francisco) announced at the International Congress on Medical Physics, September 2006, Hangzhou, China. Prowess, committed to being an innovator in radiation therapy techniques, is the first to provide a commercial treatment planning system to deliver IMRT with the conventional jaws of the linear accelerator.

Chico, CA (June 29, 2006)- Radiation oncology software company Prowess, Inc. is pleased to announce their first Jaws-Only Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) system in use with a Siemens PRIMUS Linear Accelerator. These exciting advancements in radiation oncology are being unveiled at The National Cancer Institute, K Hospital in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Chico, CA (May 17, 2006) - Radiation oncology software company Prowess, Inc. is very pleased to announce the release of its Panther 4.3 Treatment Planning System. Among the many new features of this Windows based TPS is the ability to deliver Intensity Modulated Radiation Treatments (IMRT) with a solid brass compensator.

Chico, CA (August 18, 2005) - Radiation oncology software company Prowess, Inc. is very pleased to announce the release of their Jaws-Only DAO IMRT - Panther 4.2. This remarkably innovative product allows users to create and deliver Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) plans without using a multi-leaf collimator. Jaws-Only DAO IMRT, recently launched at the 47th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine in Seattle, and recently showcased on Health Journal Television hosted by General Alexander Haig, will no doubt make a significant contribution to the oncology field.