Nuclear Medicine
Utilising radiation to scan the body, and also treat conditions via nuclear therapy.
Nuclear Medicine
Malaysia’s leading centre for nuclear medicine, SJMC offers advanced diagnostic imaging and targeted treatments using safe, small amounts of radioactive material. Nuclear medicine allows doctors to see how organs and tissues are functioning, enabling earlier and more accurate diagnosis. Common scans include PET-CT, bone, thyroid, heart, kidney, and lung scans, as well as tests for blockages such as pulmonary embolism.
At Subang Jaya Medical Centre (SJMC), Selangor, our nuclear medicine specialists also provide treatments such as radioiodine therapy for thyroid disorders and cancer, radionuclide therapy for neuroendocrine tumours, and radium therapy for prostate cancer.
Services and Procedures Offered
Diagnostic Services
- Bone scans
- Cardiac scans
- Kidney and lung function studies
- Neuroendocrine tumour imaging
- PET/CT scans (FDG, PSMA, DOTATATE, FAPI)
- Pulmonary embolism imaging
- Thyroid scans
Therapeutic Services
- Radium-223 therapy (prostate cancer)
- Radioiodine therapy (thyroid conditions)
- Strontium-89 therapy (bone metastases)
- Theranostics (combined diagnosis and treatment for cancer)
- Y-90 microspheres therapy (liver cancer)
- Zevalin therapy (lymphoma)
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Dr Dharmendra Harichandra
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Dr Yogendren Letchumanasamy
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