Pro: Nuclear Medicine
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What Is Nuclear Medicine, And What Does It Do?
Facts About Nuclear Medicine
-Nuclear medicine provides information about the function of virtually every major organ system within the body, including some that normal tests cannot pick up.
-Nuclear medicine screenings are among the safest diagnostic imaging tests available.
-An estimated 16 milllion nuclear medicine imaging and therapeutic procedures are done each year in the United States.
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How is Nuclear Medicine Used Today?
Why Should You Be Proactive on Nuclear Medicine?
-It helps patients determine the fatality of the disease, including if it has a choice of spreading to other extremities.
-It also helps decide the best treatment based on the biology of the patient.
-Determines the persons reaction to different medicines
- Helps to show the patients medicine regiment is effective
- Shows info that isn't accessible through normal diagnostics.
- Plus it shows reoccurrence of disease and helps manage future care for said disease.