title: Radioimmunoscintigraphy of ovarian cancer with 131-iodine labeled OC-125 antibody fragments.
abstract: Radioimmunoscintigraphy (RIS) with 131I labeled OC-125 F(ab')2 monoclonal antibody fragments was prospectively studied in 43 women for primary diagnosis and follow up of ovarian cancer. Total body planar photoscans with a scintillation camera were performed one to seven days after antibody application and results were compared with operation and or CT examination. By the region of interest technique the tumor to non tumor tissue ratio (T/N) was calculated in vivo. Sensitivity in primary diagnosis was 100% (10/10), specificity 33% (1/3). For local recurrency, sensitivity was 86% (19/22), for metastatic loci 80% (17/21). Specificity was 75% and 50%. T/N ratio was in the rage from 1.3 to 2.8. Sensitivity for ovarian cancer is high in primary diagnosis and follow up. By the region of interest technique it is possible to detect small recurrencies and to presume peritoneal carcinosis. Antibody accumulations in diseases different from ovarian cancer however diminish specificity.
authors.affiliation: Free University of Berlin, Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Klinikum Rudolf-Virchow, Charlottenburg.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Barzen
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Mayr
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Langer
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cordes
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zwicker
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koppenhagen
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Felix
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D015295:Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007140:Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D015295:Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate; D007140:Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes