Accumulation and localization of gallium-67 in various types of primary lung carcinoma

Journal Article · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1977 · J. Nucl. Med.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6752869

Thesingh, C W; Driessen, O M.J.; Daems, W T; Franken, C; Pauwels, E K.J.; Scheffer, E; Vermeij, J; Wisse, E

The uptake and location of Ga-67 were investigated in 15 primary pulmonary carcinomas. The accumulation in the tumor was determined by scintigraphy of the patient, grain counts over fields of tumor cells in autoradiographs of tumor-tissue samples, and gamma counts in specimens of the tumor. Good correlation was found between the results obtained with these three methods. The relationship between accumulation of Ga-67 in the tumor and the histologic type of tumor was also studied. Undifferentiated carcinomas, and tumor cells in squamous-cell carcinomas showed significantly more Ga-67 than tumor cells in adenocarcinomas. No correlation was found between the presence of inflammatory infiltrates in or around the tumor and the grade of the scintigraphic images. In the autoradiograms, lymphocytes, plasma cells, granulocytes, and macrophages showed less radioactivity than the tumor cells--or none at all. Collagen fibers appeared to have bound some Ga-67, but necrotic areas showed no uptake.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Leiden, Netherlands
• OSTI ID: 6752869
• Journal Information: J. Nucl. Med.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Nucl. Med.; (United States) Vol. 19:1; ISSN JNMEA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
ANIMAL CELLS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BIOLOGICAL ACCUMULATION
BIOLOGICAL LOCALIZATION
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
BLOOD
BLOOD CELLS
BODY
BODY FLUIDS
CARCINOMAS
CONNECTIVE TISSUE CELLS
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DISEASES
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
GALLIUM 67
GALLIUM ISOTOPES
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOTOPES
LEUKOCYTES
LUNGS
LYMPHOCYTES
NEOPLASMS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANS
RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING
RADIOISOTOPES
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
SCINTISCANNING
SOMATIC CELLS
TUMOR CELLS