Society of Nuclear Medicine, Reston, VA, 2001, $40.
SpeedyCE, Volume 4: Oncology and Therapy offers four articles covering several topics: Tc-99m labeled monoclonal antibody fragments (CEA-Scan), bone malignancy therapy, Indium-111 Satumomab Pendetide, a monoclonal antibody for tumor imaging, and breast tumor scintigraphy.
The subject matter is diverse. And while I found all four articles quite informative, the content of two articles dealing with fairly well-known procedures, bone therapy and breast imaging, are not helpful in establishing a more solid understanding of the scientific basis for, or limitations of, imaging with monoclonal antibody fragments.
As an aid to the reader, future articles with a large number of abbreviations (B72.3, CYT-009, etc.) should include definitions in the text of the article, and be listed 'up front' to help the reader find their meaning quickly.
The questions in this volume of the series were well constructed and unambiguous in their presentation. Each article is worth 1.0 CEH.
By William Pavlicek, Ph.DAuntMinnie.com contributing writer
William Pavlicek, Ph.D., is the staff diagnostic physicist and radiation safety officer, department of radiology, at the Mayo Clinic Scottsdale in Arizona. He has been an instructor in nuclear medicine technology.
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