Nuclear medicine and cancer research in the People's Republic of China.
This article reports the experience of the author's recent visit to China where he witnessed nuclear medicine facilities. Among other things, the author observes that most imaging equipment and radionuclides are made in China and that many good textbooks of nuclear medicine are available in Chinese. Precautions on radiation safety are very much stressed. Chinese medicinal plants are always added in order to improve the therapeutic effects of classical chemotherapeutic agents or to lessen their possible side effects. Their scientific value cannot be evaluated, nor can it be for the "anti-cancer pills" that are sold freely. The author encourages studies of different patterns of cancer problems in different geographic localities, as he gave indications for a few geographic areas.
D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000453:epidemiology; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000188:drug therapy; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy; D009683:Nuclear Medicine / Q000639:trends*; D012106:Research