Project RAS6049

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Project RAS6049
Sustainability of PET/PET-CT in RCA ( Asia
Pacific) Member states

• Dr V Rangarajan, PLCC
• Bioimaging Unit
• Tata Memorial hospital
• Mumbai India

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Objectives

• Overall objective
• Improving patients' prognosis and
  quality-of-life (QOL) through the more effective
  and precise diagnostic techniques that come from
  the clinical application of PET technology.
• Specific objectives
• 1) To enable RCA Member States to
  understand the physiological and biochemical
  aspects of PET images for more effective image
  interpretation and diagnosis and to understand
  the role of PET to enhance decision-making of
  therapeutic strategy especially in cancer
  patients.
• 2) To provide the nuclear physicians in RCA
  Member States with regionally harmonized training
  on the effective operation of PET/PET-CT
  scanners, with guidance on harmonized QA/QC
  programmes.

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Background

• Jan 2008 National Coordinators meet in Vienna
• Programme outlined
• National Teams
• Four Regional Training Courses(RTCs)
• 1st Introductory Course for no PET
  experience (Singapore)
• 2nd Course for existing PET users (Japan)
• 3rd Optimization of PET resources QC/QA
  Issues (Vietnam)
• 4th Advanced PET course (India)
• Technical Meeting to create effective
  documentation
• - A Informative brochure for PET/CT
• - Manual of Guidelines on Clinical uses of
  PET/CT
• - Review the guidelines with added
  inputs/modifications for RCA
• countries

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Acitivities

• 1st RTC Singapore General Hospital (April 2008)
• - Feedback from participants excellent, Course
  met the
• requirement of introducing PET technology
• IAEA Expert Committee meet at Bangkok (September
  2008)
• Experts from IAEA, USA, Switzerland, Italy, India
  and New Zealand
• Brochure reviewed
• New simple format agreed and tasks assigned
• Next Expert Committee meet at Singapore (1st
  Quarter 2009)

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IAEA/RCA Consultants Meeting

• Preparing Guidelines on Clinical Applications of
  PET
• RAS 6049
• 9-12 September 2008
• Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University
• Rama IV Road, Bangkok 10330
• THAILAND

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Summary of work done

• Most countries have a national work plan and
  group
• Consultant meeting at Bangkok in September 2008.
  Available material reviewed and consensus on the
  type of material for indications of PET/CT
  arrived.
• 2nd Consultant meeting held at Singapore in March
  2009
• Final draft of the recommendations of indications
  for PET in oncology in RCA countries made
• Information Brochure finalized.
• 2nd RTC at Chiba, Japan in April 2009
• Comments by PLCC
• Some Member States need to show more interest