Published December 1989 | Version v1
Journal article

Scintigraphy with tumorotropic radiopharmaceuticals in diagnosis of colon cancer

  • 1. Akademiya Meditsinskikh Nauk SSSR, Moscow (USSR). Inst. Serdechno-Sosudistoj Khirurgii

Description

The authors represented the results of scintigraphic investigation to define the spreading of colon cancer in 78 patients. Of 21 patients in whom the investigation with 67Ga-citrate was performed in the preoperative period, RP accumulation was noted in 18, false-positive results were noted in 3 patients. During the investigation of 41 patients with 111In-bleomycic false-positive results were noted in all the cases. These results permit recommending this method for defining colon cancer spreading

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Additional titles

Original title (Russian)
Сцинтиграфия с туморотропными RFP в диагностике рака толстой кишки

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Meditsinskaya Radiologiya
Journal Issue
no.12
Series
Med. Radiol.
ISSN
0025-8334
CODEN
MERAA