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What does a doctor of nuclear medicine do?

A doctor of nuclear medicine, also called a nuclear medicine radiologist, is a doctor who uses radiopharmaceuticals to diagnose and treat various diseases in the body.

Radiopharmaceuticals are radioactive materials that emit radioactivity, allowing nuclear doctors to visualize your body’s organs using specialized imaging equipment.

Nuclear medicine radiologists perform scans using radiopharmaceuticals. Brain, breast, tumor, thyroid, bone, heart, blood, lung, renal, and gastrointestinal are among the most common types of scans that these doctors conduct. In addition to testing for conditions, nuclear medicine doctors may treat some types of cancer with radiopharmaceuticals.

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