RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Cobalt-57-bleomycin scanning of hila and mediastinum in patients with bronchial carcinoma: a prospective study.
JF Thorax
JO Thorax
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society
SP 641
OP 649
DO 10.1136/thx.31.6.641
VO 31
IS 6
A1 J J Rasker
A1 H Beekhuis
A1 A M van de Wal
A1 J N Homan van der Heide
A1 M G Woldring
YR 1976
UL http://thorax.bmj.com/content/31/6/641.abstract
AB 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.