Research in nuclear medicine has give cancer patients procedures such as PET scans and radiation therapy. A source of funding for nuclear medicine research is the Department of Energy’s Medical Applications and Measurement Science Program.
This program provided resources to molecular/nuclear medicine professionals so that they could develop PET scanners to diagnose and monitor treatment in cancer. PET scans can offer significant advantages over CT and MRI scans in diagnosing disease and are sometimes more effective in identifying whether cancer is present or not, if it has spread, if it is responding to treatment, and if a person is cancer free after treatment.
The fiscal year (FY) 2006 Energy and Water Appropriations bill eliminated funding for nuclear medicine research at the Department of Energy (DOE). Consequently, the Federal government is providing no funding for nuclear medicine research in FY 2006, abandoning a fifty-year commitment to funding this vital research.
C3 has signed onto the Society of Nuclear Medicine letter (PDF) requesting that these critical research funds be restored. To learn more, see this fact sheet. (PDF)
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