“For which diseases is nuclear medicine used?”
I'm just wondering which diseases are usually treated with nuclear medicine?
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While most nuclear medicine procedures are for disease diagnosis, we can treat a fair number of illnesses including some hormonal abnormalities and cancers.
Most common radiotherapy is I-131 sodium iodine used to treat thyroid cancer and hyperthyroidism (overactive gland) once it becomes refractory to medication. Less common uses of radiotherapies are for the pediatric condition neuroblastoma (I-131 MIBG) and for certain types of lymphoma (Y-90 ibritumomab tiuxetan or Zevalin).
Just recently, the FDA approved a radiotherapy (Lu-177 DOTATATE or Lutathera) for the relatively rate condition of neuroendocrine malignancies, once referred to as carcinoid.
Hope this helps!
Just recently, the FDA approved a radiotherapy (Lu-177 DOTATATE or Lutathera) for the relatively rate condition of neuroendocrine malignancies, once referred to as carcinoid.
Hope this helps!
