Nuclear medicine and cancer treatment: Nuclear medicine is proving to be very effective in the treatment of cancer. It is beneficial in the treatment of many types of cancer.
Cancer cases in India: Amidst the increasing burden of many viruses and diseases, cancer is also taking a terrible form. The death rate from this disease is very high. Most of the cases are identified in the last stage. In such a situation, treatment also becomes difficult at times. Although the graph of cancer cases has been rising for the last few years, although many researches are being done continuously for its treatment. There has been an important development in the field of nuclear oncology.
Doctors say that this advancement in nuclear medicine can also help a lot in the treatment of cancer. Especially prostate cancer and thyroid cancer can be treated effectively.
According to Dr. PS Chowdhary , Director in the Department of Nuclear Medicine at Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute (RGCI) , nuclear medicine is proving to be very effective in the treatment of cancer. It is beneficial in the treatment of many types of cancer. In the conference of Society of Nuclear Medicine India held in Delhi, he said that a lot of development is taking place in the field of nuclear medicine. Radiopharmaceuticals are used in nuclear medicine for the treatment of cancer and other diseases.
Side effects are less
The annual conference of the Society of Nuclear Medicine has been organized by RGCI this year on the theme of Quantum Leaps in Nuclear Oncology. Doctors from many big hospitals of the country including AIIMS Delhi, AIIMS Jodhpur, AIIMS Rishikesh, PGI Chandigarh participated in the conference. All the doctors gave detailed information about the importance of nuclear medicine. The doctors said that the problem of diseased organs and tissues is eliminated through nuclear medicine. Radiation is used in this.
Dr. Manoj Gupta, Senior Consultant, Nuclear Medicine said that Nuclear Medicine works on the concept of Theranostics (therapy and diagnosis). Cancer is also treated by targeting the target in which it is examined. Due to this, the side effects to the patient are greatly reduced. Along with this, accurate treatment is also available. It is also a new therapy developed for metastatic prostate cancer and neuroendocrine tumors. Through this it helps in eliminating cancer disease. However, it is also important that the disease is identified at the right time. With the identification of the disease in the early stages, treatment is easily done through therapy.
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