# How radiopharmaceuticals help diagnose cancer and cardiovascular disease

Technetium-99m is the most widely used radioisotope in diagnostic nuclear medicine. Over 10,000 hospitals worldwide use it to detect cancer, cardiovascular and other chronic diseases, so that they can be treated.

Video: Martin Klingenboeck Story: Alejandra Silva

Additional footage: Pablo Massip Ginesta

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2018
- Runtime: 1 min
- By: IAEAvideo
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:How_radiopharmaceuticals_help_diagnose_cancer_and_cardiovascular_disease.webm)
- Licence or status: [CC BY 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0) (as the archive states it)
- Credit: IAEAvideo
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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