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New Imaging Method to Localize Tumors

By HospiMedica staff writers
Posted on 13 Jun 2002
A new imaging method of detecting and treating cancer, infectious and inflammatory lesions, clots, hyperplasia, and atherosclerotic plaques involves the use of a bispecific antibody against diseased tissue and against a carrier molecule.

The bispecific antibody is injected into the patient, followed in 24-48 hours by the carrier molecule labeled with a radioisotope, a magnetic resonance imaging agent, or a fluorescent label. More...
The carrier molecule accumulates where the bispecific antibody has localized. Once the label shows this location of disease, treatment can be administered by surgery or radiation. The method, developed by Immunomedics, Inc. (Morris Plains, NJ, USA), is the subject of several US patents.

Immunomedics is a biopharmaceutical company focused on diagnostic imaging and therapeutic products for the detection and treatment of cancer and infectious diseases. Integral to these products are highly specific monoclonal antibodies and antibody fragments designed to deliver radioisotopes and chemotherapeutic agents to tumors and sites of infection.

"Endoscopic and laparoscopic methods of performing biopsies and surgery are now very commonplace, so this new technology should fit in well with these approaches,” explained Cynthia L. Sullivan, president and CEO of Immunomedics.




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