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Nuclear medicine diagnostics and therapy at Swiss Medical Network

Nuclear medicine

Nuclear medicine is a medical speciality that uses radioactive substances administered mainly by injection.

It allows imaging diagnoses based on the molecular characteristics of diseases (oncological, inflammatory, infectious and vascular) and on the functioning of organs.

Nuclear medicine also makes it possible to treat a number of oncological diseases with internal vectorised radiotherapy.

Certifications

ISFM

This label is a mark of recognition for our commitment to the training of doctors. The aim of postgraduate training is to provide doctors with the knowledge they need to obtain the title of specialist. The institutions providing this training must meet strict criteria in order to be recognised by the federal authorities.

Diagnostic

Scintigraphy (SPECT)

Scintigraphy or SPECT are imaging devices that use the detection of gamma rays emitted by the drug administered to the patient to produce functional images. In order to improve anatomical analysis, scintigraphy and SPECT are regularly combined with CT. The main organs explored are bone, thyroid, lung, kidney and brain. The search for cardiac ischaemia is also a scintigraphic indication. An exercise test is therefore coupled with the examination

PET/CT

PET/CT is an imaging device that combines positron emission tomography and a CT scanner to study the metabolic activity of tissues or the presence of certain cells (molecular receptors) in the body and to provide anatomical information in parallel.

In oncology, PET/CT is the most widely used technique for tumour diagnosis, pre-treatment assessment of extension, evaluation of response to treatment, tumour targeting for external irradiation or the search for recurrence and metastases. In addition to oncology, this technique is used for cardiological and neurological examinations and to search for inflammatory or infectious sites.

In cardiology, the search for ischaemia and myocardial viability can be assessed by PET/CT, both qualitatively and quantitatively. In neurology, we look for neurodegenerative diseases (such as Alzheimer's disease.

Therapy

Nuclear medicine has an increasingly important role in the field of therapy. This method is based on the collegial expertise of the Nuclear Medicine and Oncology team. 

Indeed, treatments by internal vectorised radiotherapy make it possible to propose a targeted treatment using a ligand to which a radio marker is attached, detectable by scintigraphy or PET/CT and capable of treating the tumour.  Thus, neuroendocrine tumours, metastatic prostate cancer and inoperable liver metastases or primary liver tumours are recognised indications for internal vector therapy.

Radiation protection

Nuclear imaging does not present any particular risk; the examinations and treatments carried out are perfectly controlled.  In diagnostic studies, the drugs and tracers used in nuclear medicine have a limited life span. The decay of radioactivity in waste is monitored before each discharge from the institution.

Doctors with this specialisation

Clinique de Genolier

Dr. med. Jean-Pierre Papazyan

Specialisation
Nuclear medicine, Densitometry
Clinique de Genolier

Dr. med. Antoine Leimgruber

Specialisation
Nuclear medicine, Radiology
Clinique de Genolier

Dr. med. Flavian Tabotta

Specialisation
Nuclear medicine, Radiology
Clinique de Genolier

Dr. med. Elsa Isenborghs

Specialisation
Nuclear medicine

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