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The conservative and interventional treatment of fibroids.

Dtsch Arztebl Int

December 2014

Städtisches Klinikum Karlsruhe, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Frauenklinik des Evangelischen Krankenhauses Köln Weyertal, Städtisches Klinikum Karlsruhe, Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, FUS Center, Dachau Medical Center.

Background: Fibroids are the most common benign tumors in women. One-third of all women of reproductive age undergo treatment for symptomatic fibroids. In recent years, the spectrum of available treatments has been widened by the introduction of new drugs and interventional procedures.

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Biodistribution of 131I-labeled anti-CK8 monoclonal antibody in HNSCC in xenotransplanted SCID mice.

Anticancer Res

October 2011

Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Dachau Medical Center, Krankenhausstrasse 15, 85221 Dachau, Germany.

Background: A new promising approach to improve the outcome of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is the application of radio-labeled antibodies directed against tumor-associated antigens. Cytokeratin 8 (CK8), an intermediate filament forming protein, is shown to be de novo expressed in dysplastic lesions as well as in HNSCC. Therefore like the epithelial cell adhesion molecule CK8 seems to be a suitable anchor molecule for targeted radioimmunotherapy (RIT).

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