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Effect of gallium nitrate therapy on Ga-67 scintigraphic detection of lymphoma: case report. Clin Nucl Med 1997 Jan;22(1):21-4

Date

01/01/1997

Pubmed ID

8993868

DOI

10.1097/00003072-199701000-00005

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-0031031526 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   3 Citations

Abstract

Ga-67 and abdominal CT scans of a 72-year-old woman who had malignant lymphoma before, during, and after gallium nitrate/hydroxyurea combination therapy are presented. Disappearance of Ga-67 uptake by the tumor during this treatment despite continuing CT evidence of disease and reappearance of Ga-67 scan abnormalities after cessation of therapy suggests that caution should be exercised when interpreting results of Ga-67 scintigraphy for the detection of tumor viability during gallium nitrate/hydroxyurea therapy.

Author List

Akansel G, Liu Y, Chitambar CR, Kitapci MT, Akansel S, Krasnow AZ, Isitman AT, Collier BD

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Aged
Antineoplastic Agents
Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
Female
Gallium
Gallium Radioisotopes
Humans
Hydroxyurea
Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell
Radionuclide Imaging
Tomography, X-Ray Computed