Both specialties will be detailed both in their technology and in their various indications, being in the case of Nuclear Medicine of very diverse application, fundamentally diagnostic, but without discarding its therapeutic contribution, among which the diagnosis of frequent thyroid pathologies stands out in Spain and the treatment of thyroid cancer with I-131. Novel contributions include the use of hybrid equipment, as for example the PET-CT in the diagnosis and staging of cancer, or the possible benefit in limited surgeries, as in the case of breast cancer using the sentinel node technique.
Radiotherapy, taking advantage of the technological contribution of the Image, with increasingly precise delimitation of the tumour volume and the use of high energy and greater penetration radiations, permit a dose escalation that allows to speak of curative doses by itself or in collaboration with other oncological therapies. No less than 70% of cancer patients benefit from this technology in constant progression.