Human chorionic gonadotropin radioantibodies in the radioimmunodetection of cancer and for disclosure of occult metastases.
- 1 December 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 78 (12), 7754-7758
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.78.12.7754
Abstract
Radioimmunodetection (RaID) of tumors containing human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) was evaluated in 25 patients by injecting 131I-labeled goat antibody IgG against hCG and performing total-body photoscans with a .gamma. scintillation camera 24 and 48 h later. All 10 testicular cancer patients with proven tumor sites had positive RaID results, whereas 3 cases without known tumor were negative. Four patients with hydatidiform mole and one with degenerative products of conception showed positive RaID results consistent with elevated serum hCG titers. Two putatively false-positive results were obtained in patients with lung or ovarian cancer; a false-negative metastasis to the liver of a patient with lung cancer and an elevated serum hCG titer was observed. Of 14 tumor sites found by RaID in 10 testicular cancer patients, 4 were revealed by RaID prior to any other detection method used and provided a lead time to definitive diagnosis by other measures of a few days to > 1 yr. Although a number of patients had high serum hCG levels, even exceeding 3 .mu.g/ml, the xenogeneic antibody was capable of localizing in tumor. No adverse effects were noted in any of the patients studied. Thus, hCG RaID appears to be a safe and effective method of detecting and locating hCG-producing tumors and can disclose occult testicular cancers.Keywords
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