Gallium and bleomycin scans in the clinical staging of testis tumor.
Twenty-one patients with testicular tumors had gallium scans prior to retroperitoneal lymph node dissection. Eleven of 14 patients found to have nodal involvement had positive scans, and 2 of 7 patients with negative nodes had false positive scans. Bleomycin scans were positive in 4 of 5 patients with nodal metastases. While these scans provide a simple, non-invasive and occasionally useful technique for the clinical staging of testis neoplasms, they do not, in our experience, significantly supplement other staging procedures.
D001761:Bleomycin; D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D007204:Indium; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000379:methods*; D011868:Radioisotopes; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*
D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D011868:Radioisotopes; D007204:Indium; D001761:Bleomycin