Author Description

Reports on the latest developments in the field. Of particular interest to nuclear medicine physicians is a review of specific efficacy studies that have been conducted using radionuclide methodology. Topics include the economic evaluation of diagnostic strategies in nuclear medicine, skeletal scintigraphy in breast and prostate cancer, functional brain Spect imaging drug-induced alterations in the biological behavior of radiopharmaceuticals in diagnostic medicine, and controversies on treatment of well- differentiated thyroid carcinoma.