1. 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

2. Population: 100 million
Demographics

3. 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

4. 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

5. EQUIPMENTS Gamma Camera 51 SPECT/CT 5 PET 1 PET/CT 3 Cyclotron 2
2 commercial radiopharmaceutical suppliers

6. HUMAN RESOURCES Diplomates 92 Fellows 63
NM Physicians in Active Practice
103
Residents 11
NM Technologists
approx. 250
Medical Physicists 15
Radiochemists 4

7. Nuclear Medicine Imaging

8. 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

9. 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

10. Therapeutic Nuclear Medicine

11. Thank you!