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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2004
Ekaterina Dadachova, Mahopac, NY (US);
Joshua D. Nosanchuk, Upper Saddle River, NJ (US);
Arturo Casadevall, Pelham, NY (US);
Ekaterina Dadachova, Mahopac, NY (US);
Joshua D. Nosanchuk, Upper Saddle River, NJ (US);
Arturo Casadevall, Pelham, NY (US);
Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY (US);
Abstract
This invention provides methods for imaging and/or treating a tumor in a subject which comprise administering to the subject an amount of a radiolabeled antibody effective to image and/or treat the tumor, where the radiolabeled antibody binds to a cellular component released by dying tumor cells. This invention also provides methods for imaging and/or treating melanin-containing melanomas in a subject which comprise administering to the subject an amount of a radiolabeled anti-melanin antibody effective to image and/or treat the melanoma. The invention also provides compositions and methods of making compositions comprising radiolabeled antibodies for imaging and treating tumors, including melanin-containing melanomas.