• Health
• Nuclear medicine uses radiation to provide diagnostic information about the functioning of a person's specific organs, or to treat them. Diagnostic procedures are now routine.
• Radiotherapy can be used to treat some medical conditions, especially cancer, using radiation to weaken or destroy particular targeted cells.
• Tens of millions of nuclear medicine procedures are performed each year, and demand for radioisotopes is increasing rapidly
• Nuclear medicine uses radiation to provide diagnostic information about the functioning of a person's specific organs, or to treat them. Diagnostic procedures are now routine.
• Radiotherapy can be used to treat some medical conditions, especially cancer, using radiation to weaken or destroy particular targeted cells.
• Tens of millions of nuclear medicine procedures are performed each year, and demand for radioisotopes is increasing rapidly