TY - JOUR T1 - Cobalt-57-bleomycin scanning of hila and mediastinum in patients with bronchial carcinoma: a prospective study. JF - Thorax JO - Thorax SP - 641 LP - 649 DO - 10.1136/thx.31.6.641 VL - 31 IS - 6 AU - J J Rasker AU - H Beekhuis AU - A M van de Wal AU - J N Homan van der Heide AU - M G Woldring Y1 - 1976/12/01 UR - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/31/6/641.abstract N2 - Because the results with cobalt-57-bleomycin (57Co-bleo) as a tumour-seeking agent in patients with pulmonary tumours were promising, a prospective study was carried out to test the sensitivity and selectivity of this technique for metastases in lung hila and mediastinum in a group of patients with bronchial cancer. The sensitivity of 57Co-bleo scintigraphy appeared to be higher than that of routine radiological investigations and mediastinoscopy. For this reason it is suggested that 57Co-bleo scintigraphy can be used as a method to select patients for mediastinoscopy. ER -