Radioimmunotherapy (RIT) uses an antibody labeled with a radionuclide to deliver cytotoxic radiation to a target cell. In cancer therapy, an antibody with specificity for a tumor-associated antigen is used to deliver a lethal dose of radiation to the tumor cells. The ability for the antibody to specifically bind to a tumor-associated antigen incre...
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A type of systemic radiation therapy in which a radioactive substance is linked to an antibody that locates and kills tumor cells when injected into the body.
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Radiotherapy where cytotoxic radionuclides are linked to antibodies in order to deliver toxins directly to tumour targets. Therapy with targeted radiation rather than antibody-targeted toxins (immunotoxins) has the advantage that adjacent tumour cells, which lack the appropriate antigenic determinants, can be destroyed by radiation cross-fire. Radi...
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(ra″de-o-im-mu″no-ther´ah-pe) use of radionuclides to deliver monoclonal antibodies to targeted cancer cells.
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This type of radiotherapy is the application of monoclonal antibodies that have been tagged with high activities of suitable radionuclides These tumor-specific antibodies are derived from the patient's own cancer and, hence, they selectively target this tumor when injected into the patient. Also known as monoclonoal antibody therapy.
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