Prior to the 90Y-ibritumomab tiuxetan (Y2B8) therapy, imaging is performed to verify the expected biodistribution of 111In-ibritumomab tiuxetan (In2B8). In order to determine the indication of radioimmunotherapy with Y2B8, the interpretation criteria for altered biodistribution of In2B8 was established. A phase II study of Y2B8 in patients with relapsed or refractory indolent B-cell lymphoma was performed in nine institutions in Japan.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The feasibility and accuracy of sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy examination for breast cancer patients with clinically node-negative breast cancer after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) have been investigated under the administration of a radiocolloid imaging agent injected intradermally over a tumor. In addition, conditions that may affect SLN biopsy detection and false-negative rates with respect to clinical tumor response and clinical nodal status before NAC were analyzed.
Methods: Seventy-seven patients with stages II and III breast cancer previously treated with NAC were enrolled in the study.
We conducted a phase I study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of radioimmunotherapy with yttrium-90-ibritumomab tiuxetan (Y2B8) in Japanese patients with relapsed or refractory indolent B-cell lymphoma. Indium-111-labeled ibritumomab tiuxetan (In2B8; 3.5 or 5 mCi [129.
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