Tumor detection using folate receptor-targeted imaging agents

Cancer and Metastasis Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 655-664

  Sega, Emanuela I ^a,b   Low, Philip S ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer specific imaging; Folate receptor; MRI; Optical imaging; PET; SPECT; Targeted molecular imaging

Indexed keywords

6 HYDROZINONICOTINAMIDE TC 99M; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DEFEROXAMINE FOLATE GA 67; EC20 TC 99M; ETHYLENEDICYSTEINE TC 99M; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; FLUOROBENZYLAMINE F 18; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; FOLATE RECEPTOR; FOLIC ACID; GALLIUM 67; INDOCYANINE GREEN; IODINE 125; PENTETATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PENTETIC ACID FOLATE IN 111; RHODAMINE; TECHNETIUM 99M; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE;

EID: 52549083788     PISSN: 01677659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10555-008-9155-6     Document Type: Review

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