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NAS: Current clinical applications
of nuclear medicine include:
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Diagnose diseases: cancer, neurological disorders
(e.g., Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases), and
cardiovascular disease,
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Non-invasively assess
therapeutic response, reducing
patients’
exposure to the toxicity of ineffective
treatments,
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Targeted treatment
of cancer and certain endocrine
disorders (e.g., thyroid disease and neuroendocrine
tumors).