Nuclear medicine combines chemistry, physics, mathematics, computer technology, and medicine in using radioactivity to diagnose and treat disease. Though there are many diagnostic techniques currently available, nuclear medicine uniquely provides information about both the structure and function of virtually every major organ system within the body.
In addition, Radiopharmaceutical therapy involves a radioactive drug compound that seeks and destroys cancer cells. Because it is highly selective in its ability to damage cancerous cells while limiting radiation exposure to healthy tissue, molecular therapy is known as a targeted therapy.
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