The impact of radioimmunoguided surgery (RIGS) on surgical decision-making in colorectal cancer

Journal Article · Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1989 · Diseases of the Colon and Rectum; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02552267· OSTI ID:5025022

Nieroda, C A; Mojzisik, C; Sardi, A; Ferrara, P; Hinkle, G; Thurston, M O; Martin, Jr, E W ^[1]

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1. Ohio State Univ. College of Medicine, Columbus (USA)

Radioimmunoguided surgery (RIGS system) was performed in ten patients with rectal or low sigmoid colon carcinoma with the use of a hand-held gamma detector (Neoprobe 1000) intraoperatively and externally after injection of radiolabeled (125I) monoclonal antibody to detect pelvic and metastatic tumor. Fifteen procedures, including six exploratory laparotomies, four transperineal explorations, two transsacral explorations, one transvaginal biopsy, one brachytherapy, and one transanal polypectomy, were performed. Two patients had previous low anterior resection, seven abdominoperineal resection, and one a rectal polypectomy. Five patients had previous pelvic radiation therapy. Reoperation was indicated by elevated CEA levels in seven patients (70 percent), persistent pelvic pain in six (60 percent), and a suspicious radiologic study in seven (70 percent). RIGS system localized tumors verified by histopatholoy in all ten patients (100 percent); one patient with a positive CT scan and probe findings lacked histopathologic confirmation on frozen section, but had a tumor confirmed on permanent histology. Five major abdominal operations were avoided; in five patients major modifications were made in the surgical procedure based on probe findings. Six received chemotherapy or radiation therapy based on findings of the RIGS system. In six patients with negative or equivocal CT scans, the RIGS system localized histopathologically confirmed tumor. Major abdominal procedures can be avoided, the surgical approach modified, and other modes of therapy instituted earlier with the use of the RIGS system.

• OSTI ID: 5025022
• Journal Information: Diseases of the Colon and Rectum; (USA), Vol. 32:11; ISSN 0012-3706
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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