TUMOR-LOCALIZATION OF RADIOLABELED ANTIBODIES AGAINST CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN IN PATIENTS WITH CARCINOMA - A CRITICAL-EVALUATION
TUMOR-LOCALIZATION OF RADIOLABELED ANTIBODIES AGAINST CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN IN PATIENTS WITH CARCINOMA - A CRITICAL-EVALUATION
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DOI:
10.1056/nejm198007033030102
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
影响因子:
158.5
通讯作者:
ALBERTO, P
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作者:
MACH, JP;CARREL, S;ALBERTO, P
Purified, [131I]-labeled goat antibodies against carcinoembryonic antigen, which localize in human carcinoma in nude mice, were injected into 27 patients with carcinoma. Patients were scanned with a scintillation camera at various intervals. In 11 patients, radioactivity was detectable in the tumor 48 h after injection. Computerized subtraction of blood-pool radioactivity provided clearer pictures in positive cases, but in 16 patients the scans remained doubtful or negative. To study the specificity of [131I]-antibody localization, some patients were given simultaneous injections of [125I]-labeled normal Ig[immunoglobulin]G. Both isotopes were measured by means of scintillation counting in tumors and normal tissues recovered after surgery. Only the anti-CEA antibodies localized in tumors. However, the total antibody-derived radioactivity in the tumor was only about 0.001 of the injected dose. Despite the present demonstration of specificity, this method of tumor detection is not yet clinically useful.