title: Pirocarbotrat: a new radiopharmaceutical for the treatment of solid tumors--comparative studies in N-nitrosomethylurea-induced rat mammary tumors.
abstract: To evaluate the effectiveness of a single intratumoral dose of Pirocarbotrat, a gelatin-protected charcoal suspension labeled with chromic [32P]pyrophosphate, studies of bioelimination, biodistribution and therapeutic action were carried out in rats, and the results obtained were compared with those of other 32P dispersions. We found that 78.3% of the treated tumors reduced size after 32 days of treatment. At that time, the total eliminated activity was 12.70 +/- 3.90% distributed in urine (8.30 +/- 1.80%) and feces (4.40 +/- 3.50%). Biodistribution studies demonstrate that 84.50 +/- 2.60% of the injected activity remained in the tumor, with no significant concentration in the rest of the organism. We conclude that Pirocarbotrat can be used as a safe agent for brachytherapy of solid tumors with beta particles.
authors.affiliation: Radioisotope Laboratory, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquimica, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Zubillaga
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Boccio
authors.forename: J O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Nicolini
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ughetti
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lanari
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Caro
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001610:Beta Particles / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001918:Brachytherapy; D002606:Charcoal; D011756:Diphosphates / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D005780:Gelatin; D008325:Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D008770:Methylnitrosourea; D010761:Phosphorus Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D011756:Diphosphates; D010761:Phosphorus Radioisotopes; D002606:Charcoal; D008770:Methylnitrosourea; D005780:Gelatin