By: Ajay K Malik, PhD Technetium-99m (Tc-99m) is the most used radioactive tracer with over 30 million tests per year done all over the world. When tagged to a pharmaceutical or biological marker, it helps evaluate, diagnose or manage cancer spread, blood flow and cardiac function; brain activity and thyroid disease; and detect osseous metastasis,
Seeking Moby Dick Mo-99: Coping with the Tc99m shortage and what’s ahead
Global Shortages of Tc99m: Information and Recommendations
Global shortages of Tc-99m have had an impact on the nuclear medicine industry for the past few years. This is a result of the shutdown of at least 2 nuclear reactors, located in Ontario, Canada and Petten, Netherlands, due to safety issues. The Ontario reactor (Chalk River Labs) is where North America gets most of