- PET Market Research Available
for Purchase
- Marketing Relevance surveyed over
1,000 oncologists, primary care physicians, and medical imaging
providers regarding their use of PET scanning for the diagnosis
and staging of cancer. Among the findings of the study,
there are significant gaps in the awareness of clinical support
among referring physicians. Also, while financial reimbursement
exists for PET scanning, a large number of surveyed physicians
were not aware of the reimbursement standards leading to potential
underutilization.
view the press release...
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- Mallinckrodt Discontinues
Production of I-125 HSA
- Due to escalating production
costs, and limited product usage, Mallinckrodt will not longer
manufacture Iodinated I-125 Albumin Injection (I-125 HSA vial and
Isojex syringes). I-123 HSA (Jeanatope) is available from
Isotex 800-477-4839.
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- SNM Tribute to Hal Anger
- The November issue of the Journal
of Nuclear Medicine contained an interesting article highlighting
the contributions of Hal Anger to nuclear medicine. A very
interesting history lesson and a tribute to his ingenuity and
dedication.
The article is available online.
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- The Pharmacy Education Aid Act
of 2003
- the United States Senate passed
important legislation that will take steps towards alleviating the
current shortage of pharmacists. S.648, the Pharmacy Education
Aid Act of 2003, provides loan repayment funds for
pharmacists who agree to practice in areas with a critical
shortage of pharmacists or who agree to serve as faculty at a
school of pharmacy. APhA looks forward to working with
members of the House to secure passage of similar legislation.”
- RadCare Act Introduced in the
Senate
- The Consumer Assurance of
Radiologic Excellence bill (RadCare Bill, S1197, HR1214) is
designed to establish educational and credentialing standards for
personnel who plan and deliver radiation therapy treatments and
who perform many medical imaging examinations, including nuclear
medicine procedures. The SNM would like you to contact your
senators for support.
For more information...
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Jan.
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International Symposium of Nuclear
Medicine, Brazil |
Jan. 24 |
Cardiac PET, Chandler, AZ |
Feb 7-8 |
SNM Mid-Winter, Anaheim, CA |
Feb
14-15 |
PNW Hawaii Technologists Meeting |
March
21-26 |
4th Annual Snowbird 2004 Clinical
Nuclear Medicine - Focus on PET and PET/CT, Snowbird, UT |
- March
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APhA Annual Meeting in
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Enrico Fermi (fûr'me)
(1901–54)

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Nuclear physicist, born
in Rome, Italy. He studied at Pisa, Göttingen, and
Leyden, and became professor of theoretical physics
at Rome in 1927. In 1934 he and his colleagues
split a number of nuclei by bombardment with
neutrons, for which he was awarded the 1938 Nobel
Prize for Physics. He did not return to Italy from
his Nobel Prize presentation in Stockholm because
the Italian anti-Semitic Laws affected his Jewish
wife, but became professor at Columbia University
(1939). He played a prominent part in developing
atomic energy, and constructed the first US nuclear
reactor (1942). He produced the first controlled
nuclear chain reaction at the University of Chicago
on Dec. 2, 1942 in a volleyball field situated
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