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Resection guided by antibodies (REGAJ): a diagnostic procedure during second-look operation in ovarian cancer
W Jäger1, H Feistel, E M Paterok
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, FRG.
The British Journal of Cancer. Supplement
|July 1, 1990
Abstract:
A hand-held probe has been used to localise the 131I-labelled antibody OC125 during second-look operation (SLO) in 22 ovarian cancer patients. In six patients microscopic cancer was detected with the procedure and a further six patients with areas of increased radioactivity during SLO developed recurrent disease within 1-4 months. We suggest examining resection guided by antibodies as a possible means of removing antigen-producing cancerous tissues during surgery.