Technology Never Stands Still! 31st Annual Congress Of The European Association Of Nuclear Medicine, Oct.21-25th,2017 At The Austria Center Vienna
I ( @mammasitta) never heard about nuclear medicine before my new and very interesting airbnb guest from Iran checked in to my flat in Vienna. Narjess is a Nuclear Science Professor and specialises in Thyroid cancer detection and treatment and will hold a lecture at the conference for the next 5 days.
The annual EANM Congress with over 6,200+ participants is a world leading meeting in nuclear medicine.
The chapter in this book includes a description of the history and major discoveries, the challenges of conducting nuclear medicine research, and the new technologies and opportunities for personalising health care that could result from aggressive development of the field.
What is nuclear medicine?
Nuclear medicine is a branch of medical imaging that uses small amounts of radioactive material to diagnose and determine the severity of or treat a variety of diseases, including many types of cancers, heart disease, gastrointestinal, endocrine, neurological disorders and other abnormalities within the body. - Source
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This is a medical imaging technique that uses radiotracers to diagnose and treat disease. Radiotracers are small amounts of radioactive materials which are inhaled, swallowed or injected into the bloodstream. The radiotracer travels through the body part being examined and gives off energy which is detected by a specially designed camera and a computer to create images. - Source
The Origins of Diseases
I mention three of them in my article since I also have a problem with my spine and suffer from pain on and off.
Thyroid Cancer
I was curious to find out more because I was fascinated after a long and captivating chat, absorbing lots of new information about this field. I learnt that Thyroid cancer is three times more common in women than in men.
Radioactive Iodine (Radioiodine) Therapy
Your thyroid gland absorbs nearly all of the iodine in your body. When radioactive iodine (RAI), also known as I-131, is taken into the body in liquid or capsule form, it concentrates in thyroid cells. The radiation can destroy the thyroid gland and any other thyroid cells (including cancer cells) that take up iodine, with little effect on the rest of your body.
Back Pain
Low back pain is an increasing and extremely widespread condition that becomes chronic in many patients, causing severe physical and emotional distress. Moreover, back pain is one of the leading causes of activity limitation and work absence all over the world and thus, has an enormous economic burden. Up to 80% of patients with back pain suffer from unspecific pain without identifiable cause. ”But for those patients who are suspected to have a pain generator responsible for their complaints imaging techniques such as SPECT/CT can open up the path to efficient treatment,” says Prof. Dr. Willm Uwe Kampen, expert from the Bone and Joint Committee of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) on the occasion of the World Spine Day 2017. - Source
http://www.eanm.org/content-eanm/uploads/2017/10/EANM_BackPain_Press_3_2017-en.pdf
Prostate Cancer and molecule imaging
I lost my brother in law two years ago and read a lot about efficient cancer treatment since that day he said good-bye. We loose too many of our loved ones to such vicious disease.
Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in American men, behind only lung cancer. Based on rates from 2004–2006, the National Cancer Institute estimate that one in six men will be diagnosed with cancer of the prostate during their lifetime and one in 35 will die from the disease. - Facetsheet and Source
Targeted radionuclide, a molecule therapy is currently used to treat metastatic prostate cancer. However, researchers are developing and testing new targeted radionuclide therapies.
The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) has released a new infographic showing how certain types of cancer can be treated using nuclear medicine therapy. Targeted Cancer Treatment with Nuclear Medicine Therapy is a visual guide to radioisotope therapy, a personalised treatment where a radioactive drug compound seeks and destroys cancer cells. - Source
Information about the Congress in Vienna
The EANM'17 Final Programme is available on the congress website
https://www.facebook.com/officialEANM
If you cannot travel to Vienna you can take advantage of the freely available live-streaming on http://onsite.eanm.org/
I hope this article about the field of nuclear medicine was informative for the readers who are not familiar with this discipline .
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This was a very interesting research and I hope you learned as much as I did.
I was moved and concerned over the departure of my second brother-in-law @mammasitta, because of his illness. Hopefully this article can help all circles. Especially for cancer patients.
I am so sorry to hear but as I said Technology doesn’t stop and more help on the way it seems to heal those vicious diseases
Yes, we hope no more victims fall because of this disease. With the help of today's technology, hopefully everything helps.
It was very interesting to chat with this professor. I did learn a lot today about nuclear medicine
Technology is improving fast and I was really pleased to chat with this professor telling me interesting facts about nuclear medicine.
Wow. I salute with @mammasita , can talk to a professor, and talk about themes that are useful for everyone. That includes high solidarity.
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Ich habe zwei mir sehr nahe stehende Menschen durch Krebstod verloren. Eine Person wurde nuklearmedizinisch behandelt. Leider ohne Erfolg, da die Erkrankung schon zu weit fortgeschritten war.
Aber zum Glück wird auch auf diesem Gebiet intensiv geforscht und es ist zu hoffen, dass eines Tages diese "Geißel der Menschheit" besiegt werden kann.
Es tut mir leid zu hören dass auch Du Loved ones verloren hast. Ich habe eine lange Antwort geschrieben aber leider verschwunden. Ich hoffe das es dieses Mal klappt.
Es tut mir so leid so spät zu antworten und vor allem dass wir alle von zu vielen Fällen erzählen könnten. Es ist schrecklich! Ich bin mir nicht sicher ob diese Art von Medizin wirklich hilft. Ich weiß es nicht und wir können nur weiter hoffen.
Das Voten und Schreiben ist sehr anstrengend dieser Tage :(
Wow..my friend and i could have joined and stayed in ur bnb! My besfriend is there right now, i wonder if her cardiologist bf attended that?
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I cannot open steemit at the moment and reply with my personal profile. Such an interesting congress !
I was doing nuclear medicine last year so yes..that would have been interesting.
Is this not ur personal profile? How's ur mom?
Mom is ok considering her age and bad condition....I have 2 accounts now :)
Ok. Good luck in maintaining two lolsss
Best wishes to her :)
I do my best but at that point I need a Mamma again myself 😝who takes care of me again
Haha so true, be well!
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interesting, This is new for me, using Nuclear as medicine, from weapon turning into medicine. Nice :)
I am not sure what to think off because I still believe that natural medicines are most efficient and those material might damage more than just the diseased cells.