Nuclear medicine symposium opens in Ha Noi

27/04/2006 -- 5:42 PM

Ha Noi (VNA) - An international seminar on nuclear medicine and cancer, co-organised by the Bach Mai hospital, the Viet Nam Cancer Association and the Viet Nam Nuclear Medicine Association, opened in Ha Noi on April 27. The seminar, part of the 3th annual meeting of the Asian Regional Cooperative Council for Nuclear Medicine (ARCCNM), brought together scientists from many countries such as the Republic of Korea, India, China, Japan, Thailand, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan and the Philippines. It offers a chance for scientists from the Council member countries to share experience, improve professional capacity and bolster inter- regional nuclear medicine cooperation. At present, Viet Nam has more than 20 nuclear medicine establishments that have provided effective treatment to thousands of Basedow patients and hundreds of those afflicted by thyroid cancer, using a radioactive form of iodine (I-131).-Enditem
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