Department of Nuclear Medicine
Department of Nuclear Medicine

1.Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University—the first Western-style hospital in China—is recognized as a Guangdong Provincial Key Clinical Specialty. It serves as a doctoral and master's degree-granting site for Imaging Medicine and Nuclear Medicine at Sun Yat-sen University, a training base for resident and specialist physicians in medical imaging accredited by the National Health Commission, and a national clinical drug trial base. The hospital established its Isotope Laboratory in 1958 and formally founded the Department of Nuclear Medicine in 1964, initiating radionuclide therapy and diagnosis. The department operates a specialist outpatient clinic for nuclear medicine and is one of the earliest departments in China to perform radionuclide therapy.
2.Currently, the department is established at two campuses: the Southern Campus of Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital and the Shenshan Center. It is equipped with two high-end PET/CT scanners (GE Discovery PET/CT 710 and Siemens Biograph mCT.5), two advanced SPECT/CT systems (GE NM/CT 860 and GE D670), two bone densitometers (GE ClarityLunar iDXA and GE Lunar), and features dedicated radionuclide therapy wards. Staffed by a team of experienced and renowned experts, the department routinely performs PET/CT and SPECT/CT imaging diagnostics, bone density measurements, and radionuclide therapies. Notably, 131I therapy for thyroid diseases and 32P therapy for skin hemangiomas and scars are among its specialty treatments, known for their remarkable efficacy and widespread patient satisfaction.
3.The department adheres to a patient-centered approach, maintaining high standards of medical quality and a warm, dedicated service attitude to wholeheartedly serve patients.

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Specialized Diagnostic Services: 1. PET-CT Imaging: Differentiation between benign and malignant tumors; clinical staging of malignancies, treatment efficacy evaluation, and differentiation of post-treatment recurrence, necrosis, or scarring; prognostic assessment and localization of primary sites in metastatic tumors; myocardial viability evaluation; diagnosis of epilepsy and dementia, cerebral metabolic imaging, and neuroreceptor imaging; diagnosis and efficacy assessment of inflammatory diseases. 2. SPECT Imaging: Functional evaluation of tumor, endocrine, cardiovascular, respiratory, urogenital, digestive, nervous, and skeletal systems. Includes thyroid function assessment, localization of ectopic thyroid tissue and metastatic thyroid cancer, evaluation of parathyroid and salivary gland function; renal function assessment; early diagnosis of bone metastases; auxiliary diagnosis of gastrointestinal bleeding; efficacy evaluation and prognosis estimation for coronary heart disease, myocardial viability assessment, and differential diagnosis of myocardial diseases. 3. Bone Density Measurement: Diagnosis of osteoporosis and prediction of fracture risk in osteoporotic patients. Specialized Therapeutic Services: 1. Topical Radionuclide Therapy for Skin Hemangiomas: Characterized by simplicity, cost-effectiveness, high efficacy, and minimal side effects; also effective for treating skin scars and refractory eczema. Treatment Schedule: Monday to Friday, all day. 2. Radionuclide Therapy for Bone Metastasis Pain: Provides long-lasting pain relief with an efficacy rate of 90%; partial regression of bone metastasis lesions observed in some patients. Treatment Schedule: By appointment. 3. 32P Therapy for Hematologic Disorders (e.g., Polycythemia Vera, Essential Thrombocythemia). Treatment Schedule: By appointment. 4. Yunke (99Tc-MDP) Therapy: For thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy, rheumatoid arthritis, metastatic bone cancer, osteoporosis, etc. Treatment Schedule: By appointment. 5. 131I Therapy for Hyperthyroidism and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer. Treatment Schedule: By appointment. Please make an appointment at the service counter one day in advance.

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Teaching: The department began delivering lectures on Nuclear Medicine at Sun Yat-sen University in 1994. In 1996, the Nuclear Medicine Teaching and Research Section was established and has since been engaged in teaching nuclear medicine across various levels. This includes theoretical instruction and practical training for five-year undergraduate clinical medicine programs, eight-year clinical medicine programs, and the nuclear medicine curriculum for medical imaging majors. The department also provides training for resident physicians and continuing education for primary care doctors from hospitals at all levels. Currently, as the coordinator of the eight-year Nuclear Medicine course at Sun Yat-sen University, the department is responsible for the Nuclear Medicine curriculum for the eight-year clinical medicine program and oversees teaching collaboration with the First, Third, and Sixth Affiliated Hospitals, as well as the Cancer Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, achieving excellent educational outcomes. As a designated training base for resident physicians (specialists), the department has trained over 200 residents and visiting physicians in the past two decades.
Research: The Department of Nuclear Medicine continuously refines its clinical practice, embraces innovation, and actively engages in scientific research to address challenging clinical issues and explore solutions to complex medical problems. In recent years, the department has led three National Natural Science Foundation projects, one public welfare fund project from the Ministry of Health, eight provincial and municipal projects, and three university-level research initiatives. It has been awarded one Third Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress in Guangdong Province and one Third Prize for Medical Research Advancement in Guangdong Province. Over the past five years, the department has published 12 SCI-indexed papers as the first author.

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