DAR ES SALAAM, Jan. 15 -- OCEAN Road Cancer Institute (ORCI) is set to start offering PET-CT Scan services from June this year after securing a contractor who will construct the facility over a six-month period.
PET-CT Scan is a diagnostic examination that involves getting images of the body based on the detection of radiation from the emission of positrons.
It is a new detection for the exact representation of certain types of cancer and their metastasis.
According to the Executive Director of the ORCI, Dr Julius Mwaiselage, the PETCT Scan project at the health facility will be the biggest in the Sub-Saharan African countries.
The method fits very well with checking the effects and success of the therapy used.
Through consultation, PE...