Antibody-guided irradiation of malignant pleural and pericardial effusions.

Tumour-associated monoclonal antibodies (HMFG1, HMFG2 and AUA1) radiolabelled with iodine-131 were given intracavitary (intrapleurally and intrapericardially) to patients with malignant effusions. Ten out of 13 effusions (3 pericardial and 7 pleural) responded completely with no fluid reaccumulation...

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Main Authors: Pectasides, D., Stewart, S., Courtenay-Luck, N., Rampling, R., Munro, A. J., Krausz, T., Dhokia, B., Snook, D., Hooker, G., Durbin, H.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: 1986
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2001403/