Definition of nuclear medicine includes which of the following?

Ans. d (Field of medicine which depends on accretion, transit & disappearance of radioactive tracer in specific regions of body & useful in management of cancer). (Ref. Modem Trends in Radiotherapy by Deeley, 216)# Nuclear medicine is the field of medicine which depends on accretion, transit & disappearance of radioactive tracer in specific regions of body & hence useful in management of cancer.# It provides both physiological and structural information in a quantifiable form.# It is helpful for location and extent of cancer without much hazards & discomfort to patient.