UNLABELLED The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of radioimmunoscintigraphy (RIS) directed against prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) in influencing postradical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP) radiotherapy (RT) decision making. METHODS The records of consecutive patients who underwent RRP, who were referred for consideration of RT, and for whom an RIS scan was obtained were rev...

We report the first case of 90Y-conjugated monoclonal antibody (MoAb) administration for human radioimmunotherapy. Ten mCi 90Y-labeled antiidiotype (anti-Id) MoAb were administered to a patient with B-cell lymphoma whose tumor successfully imaged with 111In-labeled anti-Id MoAb. No significant toxicities were observed. More than 2 g of unlabeled anti-Id MoAb were administered while clearing the...

Radiolabeled monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) can add a dimension to diagnostic imaging and staging of metastatic head and neck cancer, as well as in eradication of this disease. The vast majority of malignancies arising in the oral cavity, pharynx and larynx are squamous cell carcinomas. This common cellular origin makes it attractive to search for appropriate tumor-associated antigens, which are ...

Biodistribution and pharmacokinetics of radiolabeled mAb E48 IgG and E48 F(ab')2 were analyzed and compared in 39 patients with histologically proven squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck who were included in a radioimmunoscintigraphy study and underwent surgery 44 h after injection. Three groups of patients were distinguished: group 1 (n = 19) received technetium-99m (99mTc)-labeled E48...

Breast cancer radioimmunoscintigraphy targeting HER2/neu expression is a growing fieldof work in nuclear medicine research. In this study, trastuzumab was successively labeledwith [67Ga] GaCl3 after conjugation with DOTA-NHS-ester.The conjugates were purified by molecular filtration, the average number ofDOTA conjugated per mAb was calculated and total concentration was determined byspectrophot...

TotheEditor: It is with great interest that we read the article of Atkins et al. (1) and the accompanying commentary of Panelli et al. (2) about the possible usefulness of carbonic anhydrase IX-G250MN (CAIX) expression as a biomarker to predict responses to interleukin-2 therapy in renal cell carcinoma. Atkins et al. (1) showed that high-positively CAIX staining [according to Bui et al. (3)] of...

Many different radiolabeled antibodies have been used for radioimmunotherapy and radioimmunoscintigraphy of human diseases in animal experiments. In order to study the in vivo tissue distribution of antibody, we labeled human nonspecific polyclonal IgG with Na125I using chloramine-T method. An animal model was developed by injecting turpentine in the posterior left thigh of Balb/c mice. Tissue ...