PORTABLE GAMMA PROBE FOR RADIOIMMUNE LOCALIZATION OF EXPERIMENTAL COLON-TUMOR XENOGRAFTS
PORTABLE GAMMA PROBE FOR RADIOIMMUNE LOCALIZATION OF EXPERIMENTAL COLON-TUMOR XENOGRAFTS
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DOI:
10.1016/0022-4804(84)90130-6
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
影响因子:
2.2
通讯作者:
MARTIN, EW
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作者:
AITKEN, DR;THURSTON, MO;MARTIN, EW
Tumor radioimmune detection as presently practiced utilizes a gamma scintillation camera to image tumors. A major clinical limitation is the inability to detect tumors smaller than 2 cm. This limitation is due in part to the inverse square law which states: the number of detected radioactive counts is inversely proportional to the square of the distance separating a radioactive source from the detecting device. A hand-held gamma-detecting probe (GDP) suitable for intraoperative use has been developed. The GDP can be placed near radioactive tumors and take advantage of the inverse square law in a way not possible with external scanning cameras. The use of radiolabeled baboon carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA)-specific antisera produced increased tumor isotope localization in CEA-producing tumors compared to the injection of nonspecific antisera. Tumor isotope-antisera localization was not influenced by tumor volume or time since tumor implantation. The GDP probe counts demonstrated a high degree of correlation with gamma well tissue counts. The probe was able to detect preferential tumor localization in doses lower than could be detected with external scintillation cameras.