Ecology and population biology of mistletoes

Journal/Book: Forest Canopies 285-310. 1995;

Abstract: In-111 satumomab pendetide (Cytogen Corp., Princeton, NJ) (OncoScintCR/OV) planar imaging was performed to detect recurrence of colorectalcancer in an 81-year-old woman. Imaging showed no evidence ofrecurrence. However, an area of increased uptake was noted in the leftthigh. When she was questioned, the patient admitted that she hadself-injected a privately imported medicine intramuscularly to thatarea. The active ingredient was mistletoe, that she believed would curethe colorectal cancer.

Keyword(s): Medical:colorectal-cancer /diagnosis

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