Philippines A Country Report on Nuclear Medicine Developments Maria Lourdes B. Mania-Taylan, MD, FPSNM President, Philippine Society of Nuclear Medicine Section of Nuclear Medicine University of Sto. Tomas Hospital Espana, Manila Section of Nuclear Medicine FEU-NRMF Medical Center Fairview, Quezon City
Population: 100 million Demographics
50 Nuclear Medicine Facilities Ilocos- 3 CAR- 1 Cagayan- 1 Central Luzon - 3 Metro Manila-28 Calabarzon-6 Iloilo- 1 Cebu- 3 Northern Mindanao-2 Davao- 1 SOCCSARGEN- 1 50 Nuclear Medicine Facilities
50 Nuclear Medicine Facilities 5 government insitutions 5 accredited training institutions providing: 3-year residency training program 2-year fellowship training program 50 Nuclear Medicine Facilities
EQUIPMENTS Gamma Camera 51 SPECT/CT 5 PET 1 PET/CT 3 Cyclotron 2 2 commercial radiopharmaceutical suppliers
HUMAN RESOURCES Diplomates 92 Fellows 63 NM Physicians in Active Practice 103 Residents 11 NM Technologists approx. 250 Medical Physicists 15 Radiochemists 4
Nuclear Medicine Imaging
Radioimmunoassay Thyroid function tests Others T3, T4, TSH, FT3, FT4 TG, anti- TG, anti- TPO Others Renin Cortisol, ACTH, Aldosterone Tumor markers (CA-19-9, CA 45-3) Radioimmunoassay
Requested for cancer patients for staging, evaluation of response to treatment and detection of disease recurrence: Lymphoma Breast CA Colorectal CA Lung CA Limited to F18-FDG PET procedures
Therapeutic Nuclear Medicine
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