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HCG Aastha Cancer Centre Launches Advanced Nuclear Medicine Services
HCG Aastha Cancer Centre has started offering new nuclear medicine services in Ahmedabad.
These services include Gamma Camera scans, PET-CT scans and targeted radiation treatments.
A Gamma Camera helps doctors see how organs are working.
PET-CT helps show where a tumour is and how active it may be.
Doctors can use these scans to find, stage and monitor cancer.
The centre uses different radioactive tracers for different diseases and patients.
Targeted radionuclide therapy carries radiation directly to certain cancer cells.
Examples include radioiodine treatment, PRRT and PSMA therapy.
The centre says specialists will use these tools to create more personalised treatment plans.
HCG Aastha Cancer Centre in Ahmedabad has introduced Gamma Camera imaging, PET-CT scans and targeted radionuclide therapies.
Gamma Camera scans use radioactive tracers to show how organs and tissues function.
PET-CT combines information about tumour activity with detailed images of organs and body structures.
The centre offers disease-specific tracers including FDG, PSMA, DOTA and FAPI.
Targeted therapies such as radioiodine therapy, PRRT and PSMA therapy are intended for suitable cancer patients.
- Who
- HCG Aastha Cancer Centre and its nuclear medicine specialists, including Dr Surya Teja Gavani.
- What
- The centre introduced Gamma Camera imaging, PET-CT scans and targeted radionuclide therapies.
- Where
- Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
- When
- September 29.
- Why
- To improve cancer detection, disease assessment, treatment planning and follow-up care.
Key facts
- Facility
- HCG Aastha Cancer Centre
- Location
- Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
- New services
- Gamma Camera imaging, PET-CT scans and targeted radionuclide therapies
- Named specialist
- Dr Surya Teja Gavani, Consultant Nuclear Medicine Specialist
- Disease-specific tracers
- FDG, PSMA, DOTA and FAPI
- Therapy examples
- Radioiodine therapy, PRRT and PSMA therapy
- Stated goal
- More accurate diagnosis and personalised cancer treatment
Quotes
Dr Surya Teja Gavani
Consultant Nuclear Medicine Specialist at HCG Aastha Cancer Centre
“We offer advanced, disease-specific tracers such as FDG, PSMA, DOTA and FAPI. The choice of tracer depends on the patient’s condition and helps us understand the tumour more completely and plan the next step in treatment.”
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