Four centers of nuclear medicine to construct in Russia

Actuality February 14, 2008

Federal Bio-Medical Agency of the Russian Federation elaborated the concept of the federal target program for development of nuclear medicine. Valentin Uyba, the agency head, reported about this.

According to him, the new project is scheduled for the period from 2010 to 2015 and includes construction of four centers of nuclear medicine in Dimitrovgrad, Tomsk, Yekaterinburg and Dubne.

Realization of the program will demand large expenses, Uyba underlined. So, construction of center in Dimitrovgrad will cost the treasury RUR 26 bln, and the center in Tomsk - RUR 34 bln.

Currently, the best terms for creation of nuclear medicine center are in Dimitrovgrad - local enterprises produce all types of radioisotopes, moreover, there already operates the medical center, and construction of new building for the new medical establishment is already almost ready. It is planned to put the second center in operation in Tomsk on the basis of the Tomsk Institute of Nuclear Physics.

"New centers will include all spectrum of nuclear technologies, including neutron irradiation, positron emission tomography, brachytherapy, open and close types of nuclear therapy, when an ionizing source penetrates with sore tissue", Valentin Uyba reported.

According to him, creation of centers of nuclear medicine will allow to increase efficiency of oncologic diseases treatment. Currently, similar establishments do not exist in Russia, separate technologies of nuclear medicine are used only in large oncologic clinics, marked the head of the Federal Bio-Medical Agency.