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Dictionary of Cancer Terms
View in Spanish: Anticuerpo monoclonal anti-CEA M5A con indio (In111)
Indium In 111 anti-CEA monoclonal antibody M5A (IN-dee-um … MAH-noh-KLOH-nul AN-tee-BAH-dee …)
A
substance being studied in the imaging of some types of
cancer. M5A is a monoclonal antibody that binds to a
protein called CEA on the surface of some tumor cells. It
is linked to a radioisotope called indium In 111. The
combined substance is injected into the blood, and a
machine is used to find cells in the body that bind to it.
Indium In 111 anti-CEA monoclonal antibody M5A is a type of
radioimmunoconjugate.
Source: National Cancer Institute Dictionary of Cancer Terms, available at www.cancer.gov/dictionary.
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