Artigo de peri??dico
Pre-feasibility study for establishing radioisotope and radiopharmaceutical production facilities in developing countries
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1874-4710
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10.2174/1874471012666190328164253
0000-0002-7303-6720
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49.00
Autor
PERINI, EFRAIN A.
SKOPCHENKO, MIKHAIL
HONG, TRAN T.
HARIANTO, RAHMAT
MAITRE, ALEXIS
RODRIGUEZ, MAIDELYS R.R.
SANTOS, NATHALIA de O.
GUO, YINGLEI
QIN, XIANGYU
ZEITUNI, CARLOS A.
STAROVOITOVA, VALERIIA N.
Resumen
Background: A significant number of developing countries have no facilities to produce
medical radioisotopes and radiopharmaceuticals.
Objective: In this paper we show that access to life-saving radioisotopes and radiopharmaceuticals and
the geographical distribution of corresponding infrastructure is highly unbalanced worldwide.
Methods: We discuss the main issues which need to be addressed in order to establish the production
of radioisotopes and radiopharmaceuticals, which are especially important for developing countries as
newcomers in the field. The data was gathered from several sources, including databases maintained by
the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), World Health Organization (WHO), and other international
organizations; personal interactions with representatives in the nuclear medicine field from
different regions of the world; and relevant literature.
Results: Developing radioisotope and radiopharmaceutical production program and installing corresponding
infrastructure requires significant investments, both man-power and financial. Support already
exists to help developing countries establish their medical radioisotope production installations
from several organizations, such as IAEA.
Conclusion: This work clearly shows that access to life-saving radioisotopes and the geographical
distribution of corresponding infrastructure is highly unbalanced. Technology transfer is important as it
not only immediately benefits patients, but also provides employment, economic activity and general
prosperity in the region to where the technology transfer is implemented.