Nuclear medicine lab launched at Cancer Institute
- 21.10.2010 13:40
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The National Oncologic Institute today, October 21, launched a laboratory specializing in nuclear medicine that will soon start working for patients.
Igor Gavrilasenco, coordinating doctor at the Institute's Nuclear Medicine Department, has told Info-Prim Neo that the equipment for the lab was donated by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). It will be used for complex diagnostic investigations to detect the primary cancer foci and the directions of its spreading. This information will be used to develop an individual treatment strategy for each patient. Among the tests to be performed in the laboratory are bone, lung, liver and heart scintography tests.
Larisa Mardari, a radiologist who will operate in the lab, attended 4-month training courses in St. Petersburg. She said she learned everything what a lab professional needs to know about nuclear medicine, in particular about the radioactive substances introduced into the bloodstream to detect the foci.
Victor Cernat, the Institute's director, said IAEA covered all expenses related to the functioning of the equipment, including the training courses in St. Petersburg and a four-year supply of radioactive liquid for the tests.
Annualy, over 7,000 people in Moldova are diagnosed with cancer.
