51Cr-bleomycin, a new oncophilic radiopharmaceutical. II. Scintigraphic diagnosis of malignant neoplasms
Liniecki, J.; Brykalski, D.; Pertyński, T.; Rembelska, M.; Durski, K.; Fajndt, S.
Nuklearmedizin. Nuclear Medicine 21(2): 68-71
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0029-5566 PMID: 6179046 Document Number: 196691
51Cr-bleomycin was used for the scintigraphic detection of tumours and the assessment of the spread of the disease in 20 patients with various malignancies: 7 with Hodgkin's lymphoma, 5 with other malignant lymphomas, 4 cases of cervix carcinoma and 4 other tumours. The scintigraphy was performed using a Toshiba GC 401 gamma camera coupled to an MDSI computer Trinary. Active foci were scored using a semiquantitative scale of 0 to 5. Results of these studies were compared with those of tests similarly carried out with 57Co-bleomycin (in 9 of the cases) and 67Ga-citrate (11 cases); they demonstrated that the properties of 51Cr-bleomycin for scintigraphic detection of neoplastic foci are similar to those of 57Co-bleomycin.