Ergebnisse und klinische Bedeutung der Bleomycin-Szintigraphie

Summary

The scanning of tumors and their metastasises today means an enrichment of diagnostic possibilities—especially in the head and neck area. So far various radiopharmaceuticals have been used for this examination but the results have only been good with a few of them. We habe marked the cytostatic drug Bleomycine with radioactive ⁵⁷Co to get a high tumor-specific concentration.

On a great number of patients own experiences with the scintigraphic diagnostic for localization using this radiopharmaceutical are reported. Over 85% of the squamous cell carcinomas and over 70% of the sarcomas of head and neck can be demonstrated.

The possibilities of this examination, the clinical importance and indication for therapy is shown and discussed on the own cases.