Comparative research on 99mTc-Rituximab and 99mTc-sulfur colloid in sentinel lymph node imaging of breast cancer

Abstract Background 99mTc-Rituximab is a new specific radiopharmaceutical that binds to the CD20 receptor which is highly expressed on the surface of B cells. We conducted a study in which 99mTc-Rituximab was compared with filtered 99mTc-sulfur colloid (fTcSC) for sentinel lymph node (SLN) detection...

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Main Authors: Jing-Jie Zhang, Wan-Chun Zhang, Cai-Xia An, Xiao-Min Li, Le Ma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-10-01
Series:BMC Cancer
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-019-6197-9