| Literature DB >> 8339731 |
M Granowska1, K E Britton, S J Mather, D G Lowe, D Ellison, J Bomanji, J Burchell, J Taylor-Papadimitriou, C R Hudson, J H Shepherd.
Abstract
Radioimmunoscintigraphy (RIS) with technetium-99m labelled SM3, a monoclonal antibody reacting with a polymorphic epithelial mucin glycoprotein core antigen, is evaluated. No adverse effects or thyroid uptake were observed. Studies in 45 patients (one twice) had a sensitivity for gynaecological malignancy of 100% (35/35) and a specificity of 73% (8/11), giving an overall accuracy of 93% (43/46). These results have led to the routine adoption of 99mTc RIS in the management of patients suspected of or having primary or recurrent gynaecological cancer.Entities:
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Year: 1993 PMID: 8339731 DOI: 10.1007/bf00175160
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Nucl Med ISSN: 0340-6997