Nuclear Medicine

Nuclear Medicine

In our Nuclear Medicine clinic, we offer a full range of PET/CT and Radio immunotherapy (RAI) services.

Lithium – Samarium – Iodine Applications

Radiopharmaceuticals are used in the field of nuclear medicine as tracers in medical imaging and in therapy for many diseases (for example, brachytherapy). The radioactive isotope samarium-153 is the major component of the drug samarium (153Sm) lexidronam (Quadramet), which kills cancer cells in the treatment of lung cancer, prostate cancer, breast cancer and osteosarcoma.