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DOST's new nuclear medicine facility hopes to lower costs in cancer staging, treatment

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Philippine Nuclear Research Institute Director Dr. Carlo Arcilla stands in front of an artist's sketch of the new Nuclear Medicine Research and Innovation Center.

Carlo Arcilla

 

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has begun constructing a new nuclear medicine facility which aims to lower the costs of cancer treatment and management in the country, the agency announced on Monday. 

 

Once completed, the "Nuclear Medicine Research and Innovation Center" will house a medical cyclotron and PET-CT imaging center, which are both seen to make cancer detection, treatment and management more affordable to Filipinos.

 

Cyclotrons produce special drugs called radiopharmaceuticals which emit low doses of radiation which are not harmful when ingested by patients. At present, there are only three operating cyclotrons in the country and they are all located in Metro Manila, according to DOST Secretary Fortunato dela Peña.

 

Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/01/31/2157620/dosts-new-nuclear-medicine-facility-hopes-lower-costs-cancer-staging-treatment

 

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