title: [Use of tomographic scintigraphy with radio-labelled monoclonal antibodies for detecting human digestive cancers and medullary cancers of the thyroid].
abstract: Two 131-Iodine radiolabelled monoclonal antibodies were used to perform tomoscintigraphy in 42 patients: 11 patients bearing medullary thyroid cancers and 19 patients bearing gastrointestinal cancers received an antibody directed against carcino-embryonic antigen; 12 patients bearing gastro-intestinal cancers received an antibody directed against a non circulating antigen expressed by human colorectal cancers cell lines. Tomoscintigraphy is particularly useful for analysing the complex biodistribution of radiolabelled antibodies and the low contrast images encountered in immunoscintigraphy; the problems related to the true positive rate and to the clinical specificity of the method are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D000912:Antibodies, Neoplasm / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000276:immunology; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen / Q000276:immunology; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology; D004067:Digestive System Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000912:Antibodies, Neoplasm; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes
vernacular_title: Utilisation en tomoscintigraphie d'anticorps monoclonaux radio-marqués pour la détection chez l'homme des cancers digestifs et des cancers médullaires de la thyroïde.