title: A technetium-labeled monoclonal antibody for imaging metastatic melanoma.
abstract: Twenty patients with histologically proven metastatic melanoma were scanned with a 99mtechnetium (99mTc)-labeled melanoma antibody to determine the detection rate of known malignant lesions and to evaluate the antibody's ability to discover occult metastases. Isotope localization in different organs was as follows: liver 100%, bone 100%, subcutaneous lesions 80%, lymph nodes 54%, and lung 33%. Four unsuspected bone lesions and 16 occult subcutaneous lesions were found. False positive lesions were noted in two instances--one benign thyroid adenoma, and one arthritic bone lesion. One patient developed an atypical serum sickness reaction with a rash and arthralgias that responded rapidly to treatment. The 99mTc antimelanoma antibody is a safe and effective method to detect metastatic melanoma. It has potential use for screening newly diagnosed melanomas that carry an increased risk of recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Division of Medical Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Frytak
authors.forename: E T
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Creagan
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Salk
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Nelp
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007140:Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009382:Neoplasms, Unknown Primary / Q000175:diagnosis; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D013667:Technetium; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D007140:Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D013667:Technetium