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Phase I Trial of Technetium [Leu<sup>13</sup>] Bombesin as Cancer Seeking Agent: Possible Scintigraphic Guide for Surgery?

DOI

47

Citations

16

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2002

Year

Giuseppe De Vincentis, Francesco Scopinaro, Alexandra D. Varvarigou, W Ussof, Orazio Schillaci, S.C. Archimandritis, Vito D. Corleto, Fabio Longo, Gianfranco Delle Fave
Tumori Journal

Abstract

99mTc BN is able to clearly image tumors with BN receptor overexpression. Our first impression is that in the future this radiopharmaceutical may serve as a cancer seeking agent and, due to its high tumoral uptake, also as a radiotracer for radioisotope-guided surgery.

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