Medilines Distributors Inc. has delivered a “state-of-the-art” cancer diagnostic equipment in Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) for its new Cancer Diagnostic Institute Building. SPMC, located in Davao City, is the largest tertiary hospital under the Department of Health that is fast becoming a leading provider of health care and training in Mindanao.
“The new modern facility is equipped with three advanced cancer diagnostic equipment — the SPECT/CT (Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography/Computed Tomography), PET/CT (Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography), and the Medical Cyclotron — which comprises the first complete cancer diagnosis package in Mindanao,” the company said.
“The molecular imaging modalities of Siemens Healthineers, Symbia Intevo BOLD SPECT/CT and Biograph mCT PET/CT, complete the imaging needs of the Nuclear Medicine section of the cancer institute. These advanced modalities essentially equip the facility with the most useful diagnostic and/or treatment information for many diseases. Nuclear medicine offers the potential to identify disease in its earliest stage, often before symptoms occur or abnormalities can be detected with other diagnostic tests. It enables the physicians to find, characterize and follow the development of the disease over time,” it added.
