Patent ID: 7011814
Filing Date: 2006-03-14
Classification: A61B,A61K

Abstract:
1. A method for determining whether to administer a therapeutic amount of a chemotherapeutic drug for tumor treatment by determining an in vivo localized uptake response in solid tissue in a patient, comprising the steps of: positioning at least one sensor in vivo in solid tissue in a region of interest in the body of the patient; administering a test dose of a C-14 radiolabeled chemotherapeutic drug to the patient; detecting a signal from the at least one sensor corresponding to the radiation in the region of interest in the patient based on the administering step; monitoring the signal over time to determine a localized uptake response in the solid tissue of the patient based on the administered test dose; and determining whether to administer a therapeutic amount of a non-radiolabled version of the chemotherapeutic drug based on the determined localized uptake response to the test dose.