| Literature DB >> 7375942 |
D M Goldenberg, E E Kim, F H DeLand, J R van Nagell, N Javadpour.
Abstract
Injection of iodine-131-labeled goat immunoglobulin G antibody to human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) into patients with hCG-secreting trophoblastic and germinal tumors permitted tumor detection and location by external gamma-ray scintigraphy. Excision of one of the metastatic tumors located by this method indicated a tumor/nontumor ration of 39.29. The method appears to offer a new clinical tool for precisely locating hCG-producing tumors in the body, even when tumor identification by other clinical methods has failed.Entities:
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Year: 1980 PMID: 7375942 DOI: 10.1126/science.7375942
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728