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HEALTHCARE to participate in data collection to ensure continued access to essential diagnostic , pathologic , treatment and toxicity information which will help the centre build its knowledge and improve patient outcomes for the various disease sites in the future .
“ That ’ s probably something that in five , 10 years time , we ’ ll look back and see there have been thousands of patients treated through this and have seen a significant improved outcome , but it ’ s too early to say that now ,” said Tuchyna .
Bringing PET Scans to Thousands
As of August 2003 , SCGH has conducted over 60,000 PET scans . Tuchyna was involved in the initial implementation of the infrastructure and equipment and looking back , he feels “ quite good ” about the outcome .
“ When I started in medical physics at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in about ’ 98 , I was assigned to radiology testing and equipmenttype issues . Around that time , there was some interest to establish a PET service in WA ,” recalled Tuchyna . “ At the time there were only three cyclotrons in Australia to support PET , two in Melbourne and one in
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