title: Radioimmunolocalization of pelvic recurrences from rectosigmoid cancer employing 111In anti-CEA F(ab')2.
abstract: Thirty-two immunoscintigraphic studies have been performed in 26 patients previously operated upon for rectosigmoid cancer, for an early detection of pelvic recurrence, employing 111In anti-CEA, F(ab')2. The sensitivity was 1, specificity 0.76 and accuracy 0.84, leading to a positive predictive value of 0.69 and a negative value of 1. The combined use of a non-imaging surgical probe in 6 of the 10 patients who underwent second look surgery, detecting the 111In radioactivity used for RIS, improved diagnostic accuracy, ruling out the presence of tumors in 3 patients with false positive RIS.
authors.affiliation: Fond. Clinica del Lavoro, IRCCS-Nuclear Medicine Service, Pavia, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aprile
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Prati
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Saponaro
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Roveda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carena
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gastaldo
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen / Q000276:immunology*; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007205:Indium Radioisotopes; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000276:immunology; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen; D007205:Indium Radioisotopes